Celebrating Hanukkah is bittersweet this year for twelve-year-old Sarah Goldman and her parents, who are mourning the recent death of Sarah's little brother. But when Sarah lights the candles on the menorah, she finds herself transported magically back to the times of her ancestors. For eight nights, mesmerized by the candle flames, she is drawn into the past: a ship crowded with immigrants, an old synagogue in Eastern Europe, a store in the Kensington Market of old Toronto. When Sarah realizes that she is meeting her own relatives from the past, a wonderful transofmation begins to occur ...

 

This book was recognised in the Multicultural Fiction category by the Moonbeam Children's Book Award.

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Sumach Press .

Ellen Jaffe's previous books include two collections of poetry and a stage play adaptation Jaffe brings insight from her background in child psychotherapy to this, her first novel for young adults.