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About

A Girl, A Demon, 

and Death

black bird, blue road

Pesah has lived with leprosy for years, and the twins have spent most of that time working on a cure. Then Pesah has a vision: The Angel of Death will come for him on Rosh Hashanah, just one month away.

So Ziva takes her brother and runs away to find doctors who can cure him. But when they meet and accidentally free a half-demon boy, he suggests paying his debt by leading them to the fabled city of Luz, where no one ever dies--the one place Pesah will be safe.

They just need to run faster than The Angel of Death can fly...

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Reviews

Reviews

[...] a story about grief and illness and arguing with the rules of the world, enduring and enjoying the living that happens between now and the end.

 

Propulsive, wise, and heartbreaking.

  Kirkus  
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  Ally  
  Malinenko
  
 author of 
 GHOST GIRL 

A brilliantly crafted, heartbreakingly beautiful story about love, death, friendship and faith. Ziva and Pesah will live forever in your heart.

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Notables

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Propulsive, wise, and heartbreaking. 

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   Publishers Weekly  

A rich, omen-filled journey that powerfully shows love and its limits.

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   Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books  

This moving tale steeped in Jewish lore is a welcome addition to middle grade fantasy shelves.

   Horn Book  

Pasternack (Anya and the Dragon) writes with a storyteller’s cadence without sacrificing liveliness, keeping emotions front and center

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