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Incantation
Incantation
Author: Alice Hoffman
This kind of knowing you can never tell to anyone. If you want us to survive, you cannot trust a soul. — Estrella de Madrigal thought she knew herself: daughter, granddaughter, dearest friend. But truth is rare in this cruel and unforgiving century in Spain, when Jews who refused conversion to Christianity risked everything-love, life, family, fa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316007078
ISBN-10: 0316007072
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 166
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Publisher: Little, Brown
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Alice Hoffman's words are like poetry in this book. Hoffman books have always been a favorite. She has a gift for blending magic, history, love of nature, and a style of fiction that belongs only to her.
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Alice Hoffman is one of my favorite writers, and this book is suitable for both adults and teens. Sad but beautifully written, and strangely hopeful. Persecution of Jews in Spain in the 1500s.
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this book is about a girl that is pretending to be a christian. When she falls in love with her best friends crush, her best friend turns her in and she has to escape with the guilt because her family is killed. Will her life ever be the same?

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  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Interesting fictional read about a part in history that was devastating again to the Jewish people. This book deals with young love,the love of a secret Jewish family for each other and their true faith.


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