Ghosts and Golems

<p>For ages ten and up</p><p>Jewish stories of the supernatural are nothing new. The very first Jewish ghost story appears in the Bible. This collection offers contemporary tales with modern-day children as the main characters. The stories each illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings are suspenseful and haunting. The spirits in these tales are forces for momentous change in the lives of the children who encounter them – helping them to gain new understandings of themselves and their Jewish tradition. So too will these stories have a lasting impact on young readers.</p>