Incantation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316154284)

Bestselling author Alice Hoffman tears a page from history and melds it with mysticism to create a spellbinding, highly acclaimed tale about the persecution of Jewish people during the sixteenth century.

Estrella is a Marrano: During the time of the Spanish Inquisition, she is one of a community of Spanish Jews living double lives as Catholics. And she is living in a house of secrets, raised by a family who practices underground the ancient and mysterious way of wisdom known as kabbalah. When Estrella discovers her family's true identity--and her family's secrets are made public--she confronts a world she's never imagined, where new love burns and where friendship ends in flame and ash, where trust is all but vanquished and betrayal has tragic and bitter consequences.

Winner of numerous "best book" citations and infused with the rich context of history and faith, Incantation is a transcendent journey of discovery and loss, rebirth and remembrance that Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry described as "Magical and spellbinding...Painful and exquisitely beautiful."

Author: Alice Hoffman
ISBN-10: 0316154288
ISBN-13: 9780316154284
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.70w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 110569 / Incantation


Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 10/08/2007 pg. 57