{"product_id":"from-dust-a-flame-isbn-9780062699060","title":"From Dust, a Flame","description":"\u003cp\u003eRebecca Podos, Lambda Award-winning author of Like Water, returns with a contemporary Jewish fantasy of enduring love, unfathomable loss, and the power of stories to hold us together when it seems that nothing else can.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah’s whole life has been spent in motion. Her mother has kept her and her brother, Gabe, on the road for as long as she can remember, leaving a trail of rental homes and faded relationships behind them. No roots, no family but one another, and no explanations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll that changes on Hannah’s seventeenth birthday when she wakes up transformed, a pair of golden eyes with knife-slit pupils blinking back at her from the mirror—the first of many such impossible mutations. Promising that she knows someone who can help, her mother leaves Hannah and Gabe behind to find a cure. But as the days turn to weeks and their mother doesn’t return, they realize it’s up to them to find the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat they discover is a family they never knew and a history more tragic and fantastical than Hannah could have dreamed—one that stretches back to her grandmother’s childhood in Prague under the Nazi occupation, and beyond, into the realm of Jewish mysticism and legend. As the past comes crashing into the present, Hannah must hurry to unearth their family’s secrets in order to break the curse and save the people she loves most, as well as herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what happens when the secrets she uncovers are more monstrous than the curse itself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJewish Fantasy:\u003c\/b\u003e A rich, contemporary story steeped in Jewish history, mysticism, and legend, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and V.E. Schwab.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMonstrous Transformations:\u003c\/b\u003e On her seventeenth birthday, Hannah wakes up with golden, knife-slit pupils. It’s only the first of many impossible changes that reveal a dark power coiled in her bloodline.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSapphic Slow Burn:\u003c\/b\u003e As Hannah seeks answers in the strange town of Fox Hollow, she finds an unexpected connection with Ari, a girl who holds the key to her family’s past and, just maybe, her future.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGolems and Ancient Demons:\u003c\/b\u003e To break the curse, Hannah must delve into a world of golems made from river clay and ancient shedim—monsters her grandmother fought generations ago in Prague.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFrom Dust, a Flame\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to the importance of stories and how they connect us. A spellbinding tale of mystery and magic that explores grief, loss, and how the choices we make can echo across generations, this is the sort of book you’ll want to read again the moment you finish.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKalyn Josephson, author of the Storm Crow duology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Smart and imaginative, deeply moving, and remarkably fun, \u003cem\u003eFrom Dust, a Flame\u003c\/em\u003e breathes fresh air into Jewish mythology. I loved it.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElana K. Arnold, Prinz Honor-winning author of Damsel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A complicated, dark, richly woven story of generational trauma, stories, mothers and daughters, Jewish folklore, and the promises we make—and the promises we break—to protect the people we love. I was riveted from the first page to the last.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine Locke, award-winning author of The Girl with the Red Balloon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Filled with fantasy, superstition, and folklore, and with a uniquely Jewish spin, \u003cem\u003eFrom Dust, a Flame\u003c\/em\u003e ventures into daunting but fascinating territory. Will command attention.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJewish Book Council\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889626050789,"sku":"NP9780062699060","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062699060.jpg?v=1730231626","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/from-dust-a-flame-isbn-9780062699060","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}