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Savit, Gavriel. THE WAY BACK New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2020] IL 5-8 ISBN: 978-1984894625. |
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When Death comes for Bluma’s Grandmother, he gets more than he bargained for, and in the ensuing scuffle, leaves behind his most prized and relied upon implement- a silver spoon. Upon discovering the spoon, Bluma realizes she now has the means to travel to the Far Country beyond the town cemetery to find the House of Death and reclaim what she has lost. Across town, Yehuda Leib is fleeing home in the dead of night. Rumors are whispered in the village that his ominous and greatly feared Father has returned and is on the hunt for his son. Yehuda too comes face to face with Death, and is sent into the Far Country, a world inhabited by demons and spirits sprung from Jewish folklore. As the two children’s paths collide, they must work together to barter and bargain their way back towards the mortal world, and towards the truth. A tourde-force of storytelling steeped in Jewish folklore. (Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, 2022) |
| SUBJECTS: Demonology -- Fiction. Europe, Eastern -- Fiction. Jews -- Eastern Europe -- Juvenile fiction. Jews -- Eastern Europe -- Fiction. Voyages and travels -- Fiction. Fantasy fiction. |
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