Incantation

Incantation
by Alice Hoffman
Published by Little, Brown, & Company (2007)
166 pages; ages 14+

Synopsis: Estrella deMadrigal lives in Spain in 1500 during the Spanish Inquisition. She witnesses persecution of the Jews and experiences heartache for them. Little by little, however, Estrella comes to find out that she is a Jew disguised as a Christian, and she has to live with her family secret while hiding among her Christian friends, Catalina and Andres.

Genre: Historical Fiction; Problem; Romance

Warning: persecution, violence

Recommendations: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak; Mara's Stories by Gary D. Schmidt; The Night Journey by Kathryn Lasky; Night by Elie Wiesel; Numbering the Stars by Lois Lowry; The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman; Green Angel by Alice Hoffman