Incantation

Description:

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.Infused with the rich context of history and faith, in her most profoundly moving work to date, Alice Hoffman's first historical novel is a transcendent journey of discovery and loss, rebirth and remembrance.

subjects: Inquisition,  Young adult fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Prejudices,  Fiction,  Marranos,  Identity (Philosophical concept),  Inquisition, fiction,  Identity, fiction,  Prejudices, fiction,  Spain, history, fiction,  Children's fiction,  Spain, fiction,  Identity,  Jews,  Faith,  Conversion to Christianity,  Secrets,  Friendship,  Spanish Jews,  Religious persecution,  Sixteen-year-old girls,  Betrayal,  Sixteenth century,  Self-discovery in teenage girls,  Identity (Psychology),  Reading Level-Grade 7,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Girls, fiction,  Crypto-Jews,  Identité,  Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse,  Romans, nouvelles,  Marranes,  Préjugés

Places: Spain,  Iberian Peninsula,  Espagne,  Europe