Sixteen-year-old Estrella DeMadrigal writes, "I thought I knew the world. I thought I knew myself. I thought I knew my dearest friend. But I knew nothing at all." Estrella's life is changing. The fervor of the Spanish Inquistion has reached Encaleflora, her beautiful village in Aragon. Estrella witnesses the flames of persecution spark in the Plaza one day, as soldiers burn the books of an old Jewish man, and then beat him. Soon the evil flames are burning out of control; pitting neighbor against neighbor, bringing fear and deception to the once beautiful village. Amid this turmoil, Estrella discovers a dangerous secret.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Incantation by Alice Hoffman
Sixteen-year-old Estrella DeMadrigal writes, "I thought I knew the world. I thought I knew myself. I thought I knew my dearest friend. But I knew nothing at all." Estrella's life is changing. The fervor of the Spanish Inquistion has reached Encaleflora, her beautiful village in Aragon. Estrella witnesses the flames of persecution spark in the Plaza one day, as soldiers burn the books of an old Jewish man, and then beat him. Soon the evil flames are burning out of control; pitting neighbor against neighbor, bringing fear and deception to the once beautiful village. Amid this turmoil, Estrella discovers a dangerous secret.
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