- Children's fiction, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Jewish
In 1492 , during the Spanish Inquisition, Benvenida and her family are banished from Spain for being Jewish, and must flee the country or be killed. They journey by foot and by sea, eventually settling in Istanbul.
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Earnest, grave, epic and resolved.
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- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Ruth Behar
- First published
- 2024
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group, Cengage Gale, Nancy Paulsen Books
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780593323427
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“The sound of trumpets coming from the direction of our town gates tears me from sleep, my dreams forgotten as I jolt out of bed.”
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