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Ceiling Made of Eggshells, A

Gail Carson Levine

Ages: 12+

Published: 2020

Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books

ISBN: 978-0-06-287819-9

Keywords: Jews--Persecutions--Spain--Fiction, Grandfathers--Fiction, Family life--Spain--Fiction, Spain--History, Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516--Fiction

Proud to be her grandfather's companion as he works to keep Jews safe from persecution in 15-century Spain, Loma still longs to realize her own dreams.