| Description |
171 pages ; 22 cm |
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age Children |
| Summary |
A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her. 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? This is a compelling, tender story about friendship and community, grief and healing, and one indomitable girl who somehow manages to connect them all. |
| Audience |
Ages: 8-12. |
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Grades: 3-7. |
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Reading L: 5.6 |
| Awards |
Sydney Taylor Middle Grade Award, 2023. |
| Subject |
Grief -- Juvenile fiction.
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Grief. |
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Grief in children -- Juvenile fiction.
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Grief in children. |
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Jewish girls -- Juvenile fiction.
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Jewish girls. |
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Girls -- Juvenile fiction.
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Girls -- Juvenile fiction. |
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Dybbuk -- Juvenile fiction.
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Dybbuk. |
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews -- Juvenile fiction.
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews. |
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Antisemitism -- Juvenile fiction.
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Antisemitism. |
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Communities -- Juvenile fiction.
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Communities. |
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Jewish fiction.
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Jewish fiction. |
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Girls. |
| Genre/Form |
Ghost stories.
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Social problem fiction.
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| Subject |
Girls. |
| Added Title |
Aviva versus the Dybbuk |
| ISBN |
9781646141258 (hardcover) |
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1646141253 (hardcover) |
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