Incantation

By Alice Hoffman

Subjects: Sixteen-year-old girls, Sixteenth century, Self-discovery in teenage girls, Identity (Philosophical concept), Religious persecution, Spanish Jews, Reading Level-Grade 12, Identity, Reading Level-Grade 9, Prejudices, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 7, Secrets, Fiction, Conversion to Christianity, Faith, Reading Level-Grade 11, Juvenile fiction, Inquisition, Identity (Psychology), Reading Level-Grade 10, Jews, Betrayal, Marranos, Friendship

Description: During the Spanish Inquisition, sixteen-year-old Estrella, brought up a Catholic, discovers her family's true Jewish identity, and when their secret is betrayed by Estrella's best friend, the consequences are tragic.