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At sixteen, Deka is ready to be initiated into the adult world of her village in a blood ceremony–a ritual in which girls are tested to make sure their blood runs red. If it runs gold, they are deemed impure and cast out. Deka, whose mother came from a faraway… Read More »Cybils YASF Finalist Review: The Gilded Ones

I was not at all surprised to see that Aden Polydoros’ The City Beautiful was a Sydney Taylor Book Award winner. The writing is excellent, the depiction of Jewish life and the historical time frame is vivid and colorful, the character development is deep and satisfying (though there could have… Read More »Cybils YASF Finalist Review: The City Beautiful