Theme: spirit possession

The Entertainer and the Dybbuk

One night, the Great Freddie, a young ventriloquist, is possessed by a dybbuk, a Jewish spirit. A scrappy demon who glows as if spray-painted by moonlight. The dybbuk is revealed to be the ghost of a twelve-year-old boy named Avrom Amos, a victim of the Nazis during World War II. In a plucky [...]

Descriptors: Fantasy, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment