Book description
A brilliantly original tale for fans of The Bear and the Nightingale and The Hazel Wood about embracing your power, facing your monsters, and loving deeply enough to transcend a century.
Inspired by the author's experiences restoring Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe.
"A must-read for lost souls everywhere." āKirkus Reviews,ā¦
Why read it?
1 author picked The Ghosts of Rose Hill as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The book uses verse to create a modern-day fairy tale, mixing magic with contemporary Prague. This makes magic feel so close and tangible for us as readers.
Because of this, we believe our protagonist Ilana and sympathise with her as she makes friends with the ghost of a Jewish boy from decades ago, and fights the hold of the strange and charismatic Wasserman, who has the ability to make the memory of children disappear.
Despite its magical appearance, this story still tackles compelling real-world issues of racism, war, and diaspora in a compelling way.
From Meg's list on childrenās stories in verse.
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