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That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who now can't always get out of bed in the morning.
As tensions escalate in the Jewish community of Beacon with incidents of vandalism and a swastika carved into new concrete poured near the synagogue ... so does the tension grow between Aviva and Kayla and the girls at their school,
and so do the actions of the dybbuk grow worse.
Could real harm be coming Aviva's way? And is it somehow related to the "accident" that took her father years ago?
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk is a compelling, tender story about friendship and community, grief and healing, and one indomitable girl who somehow manages to connect them all.
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Release date
February 22, 2022 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781705064009
- File size: 155769 KB
- Duration: 05:24:31
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Leah Horowitz conveys the sense of a traditional culture with her able narration of Jewish terms and details evoking the Orthodox community in which sixth-grader Aviva Jacobs lives with her widowed mother. The story gives context to traditions like the mikvah (ritual bath), machanayim (a game Aviva excels at), the bas mitzvah (a coming-of-age celebration), and Aviva's complex feelings about each. After her father's death, Aviva feels friendless and responsible for her depressed mother. Furthermore, she is the only one who can see the dybbuk, a ghost with unresolved earthly business. Horowitz grounds listeners in Aviva's perspective so fully that they'll cheer for her successes and be saddened by her troubles. They'll also be surprised at the ending of this story, which gives new meaning to the dybbuk's existence. S.W. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
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