Feast of Lights: A Young Adult Novel - Softcover

"lively, colourful, and entertaining, but also very valuable because it deals with the Hololcaust in a way that young readers will find instructive..."--Books in Canada (11/01/2007) "Magical stories about Hanukkuh are plentiful, but this novel for young teens is better than most...Largely secular and completely modern, Sarah's journey through her won family's history will likely isnpire readers to delve into their own families' experiences..."-- (09/01/2006) "Feast of Lights is a heartwarming Chanukah tale that intertwines past and pressent, joy and mourning, and celebrates the importance of family and heritage."--The Canadian Jewish News (11/30/2006)

Celebrating Hanukkah is bittersweet this year for twelve-year-old Sarah Goldman and her parents, who are mourning the recent death of Sarah's little brother. But when Sarah lights the candles on the menorah, she finds herself transported magically back to the times of her ancestors. For eight nights, mesmerized by the candle flames, she is drawn into the past: a ship crowded with immigrants, an old synagogue in Eastern Europe, a store in the Kensington Market of old Toronto. When Sarah realizes that she is meeting her own relatives from the past, a wonderful transofmation begins to occur ...