Bøger af Mari Lowe

The world is beinoni—a bland, safe place with no space for excellence or for horror, only Ezra stands separate from the rest, raised with the awareness that one day, he will fight the gurya, an embodiment of evil inclination, and sustain the status quo.

Shaindy, a lonely twelve-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl, jumps at the opportunity to join in on a harmless prank with her classmate and neighbor Gayil, but as the pranks escalate, Shaindy realizes they are targeted at specific girls and fears she will be the next victim if she cannot find a way to stop them.

Sydney Taylor Award Winner BEST OF THE YEAR NPR · Kirkus · New York Public Library · Evanston Public LibraryA compelling, tender story about friendship and community, grief and healing, and one indomitable girl who somehow manages to connect them all. 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?

"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"--