Aviva vs. the Dybbuk -- Mari Lowe, Hardcover

A long ago accident. An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her.

That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who now can't always get out of bed in the morning.

As tensions escalate in the Jewish community of Beacon with incidents of vandalism and a swastika carved into new concrete poured near the synagogue.so does the tension grow between Aviva and Kayla and the girls at their school, and so do the actions of the dybbuk grow worse.

Could real harm be coming Aviva's way? And is it somehow related to the accident that took her father years ago?

Aviva vs. the Dybbuk is a compelling, tender story about friendship and community, grief and healing, and one indomitable girl who somehow manages to connect them all.

Author: Mari Lowe
Publisher: Levine Querido
Published: 02/22/2022
Pages: 171
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781646141258
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/01/2021 pg. 49
Publishers Weekly 12/20/2021
Foreword 12/27/2021
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2022 pg. 113
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2022
School Library Journal 02/01/2022 pg. 76
Shelf Awareness 02/25/2022
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2022