Feast of Lights - Couverture souple

Jaffe, Ellen

 
9781894549608: Feast of Lights

Synopsis

Celebrating Hanukkah is bittersweet this year for twelve-year-old Sarah Goldman and her parents, who are mourning the recent death of Sarah's little brother. But when Sarah lights the candles on the menorah, she finds herself transported magically back to the times of her ancestors. For eight nights, mesmerized by the candle flames, she is drawn into the past: a ship crowded with immigrants, an old synagogue in Eastern Europe, a store in the Kensington Market of old Toronto. When Sarah realizes that she is meeting her own relatives from the past, a wonderful transofmation begins to occur ...

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À propos de l'auteur

Ellen Jaffe's previous books include two collections of poetry and a stage play adaptation Jaffe brings insight from her background in child psychotherapy to this, her first novel for young adults.

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