In A Ceiling Made of Eggshells, NewberyHonor-winning author Gail Carson Levine tells a moving and ambitious story setduring the expulsion of Jews from Spain, about a young Jewish girl full ofheart who must play her own role in her people's epic history-no matter thesacrifice. Surroundedby her large family, Loma is happy living in the judería of Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and wants nothing more than to someday have a family of her own.
Still, whenher intimidating grandfather, her Belo, decides to bring her along on histravels, she's excited to join him. Belo has the ear of King Ferdinand andQueen Isabella, and Loma relishes her adventures with him, adventures that arebeyond the scope of most girls of the time. She soon learns just how dangerousthe world is for the Jews of Spain, and how her grandfather's influence keepstheir people safe.
But theolder Loma gets, the more she longs to realize her own dreams-if Belo will everallow her to leave his side.
In A Ceiling Made of Eggshells, NewberyHonor-winning author Gail Carson Levine tells a moving and ambitious story setduring the expulsion of Jews from Spain, about a young Jewish girl full ofheart who must play her own role in her people's epic history-no matter thesacrifice. Surroundedby her large family, Loma is happy living in the judería of Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and wants nothing more than to someday have a family of her own.
Still, whenher intimidating grandfather, her Belo, decides to bring her along on histravels, she's excited to join him. Belo has the ear of King Ferdinand andQueen Isabella, and Loma relishes her adventures with him, adventures that arebeyond the scope of most girls of the time. She soon learns just how dangerousthe world is for the Jews of Spain, and how her grandfather's influence keepstheir people safe.
But theolder Loma gets, the more she longs to realize her own dreams-if Belo will everallow her to leave his side.