Aviva vs. the Dybbuk

Anyone else noticing how much untreated trauma is swimming about in our children’s entertainment these days? Obviously a person can’t really report about a phenomena when they’re living inside of it, but we’re far enough in (through?) the COVID-19 pandemic to say that I don’t think it’s a coincidenc......more

Two stars because we need more Jewish fiction to be written. I'm Jewish, attend a Reform congregation; and am so white that I glow in the dark. That is the backdrop against which I read this book. I wanted to cheer for this book and be delighted! This was not the book I expected, but it is what I go......more

This was a pretty quick read for me, and I really loved it. The engagement with the way trauma effects your experience of reality was really lovely, and really resonated.......more

I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway. It is rare that you read a book whose final resolution makes you immediately reread it again with a new understanding, but this is one. Betsy Bird of the School Library Journal has done such a good review of this book I see no better way than to link to her rev......more