Blood Secret

Description:

A story of secrets and shadows by a Newbery Honor author.When Jerry Moon is sent to live with her great–great–aunt, she discovers a trunk in the basement that reveals dark mysteries about her family's ancestry. Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky brings a dramatic and rarely–portrayed period of history to life in this powerful coming–of–age tale that weaves together the Spanish Inquisition, Jewish belief, and a girl learning to understand her past.Ages 12+

subjects: Fiction,  Inquisition,  Aunts,  New Mexico in fiction,  Aunts in fiction,  Time travel in fiction,  Spain in fiction,  Inquisition in fiction,  Time travel,  History,  Selective mutism in fiction,  Selective mutism,  Elective mutism in fiction,  Elective Mutism,  Juvenile Fiction,  Time travel, fiction,  Inquisition, fiction,  Spain, history, fiction,  New mexico, fiction,  Children's fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  Horror stories,  Marranos

Places: Spain,  New Mexico

Times: Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516