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Loading... The Entertainer and the Dybbukby Sid Fleischman
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Story of a not very talented ventriloquist who is possessed by the ghost of a young boy, Avrom Amos, killed during the Holocaust. The ghost helps the ventriloquist to become a better performer and then persuades the ventriloquist to help him find the SS officer that killed him and bring him to justice. This book may not appeal to most students but maybe if marketed as a murder mystery?? (  )bookwoman137 | Sep 1, 2008 |   Obviously a deeply personal book by Sid Fleischman, this Holocaust-related story is a great way to keep the memories alive for the next generation. (  )libq | Jul 18, 2008 | An interesting story about revenge and unfinished business. A boy who was killed during the Holocaust has some unfinished business with the Nazi who killed him. He choses to take up residence in a ventriloquist's body, giving a voice to the dummy and enabling the ventriloquist to bring in large audiences, amazed with his abilities. The ventriloquist becomes dependent on the dybbuk and begrudginly puts up with the inconvenience of having someone else's words come out of your mouth. The final revenge is very cleverly carried out. (  )bsutton | Jul 3, 2008 | 1  Compelling fable. Jewish child's ghost is haunting goy ventriloquist. librarianlk | Apr 21, 2008 | A terrific, fast-moving and *moving* young adult novel about a the spirit of a Jewish child killed in the Holocaust, who takes possession of a ventriloquist and goes out for revenge against the SS officer who killed him and his sister. Sounds menacing but it's a lively, engaging, quick read that I think most people would enjoy. (  )bostonbibliophile | Mar 19, 2008 | 0.061 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0061344451, Hardcover)One night The Great Freddie, a young ventriloquist, is possessed by a dybbuk. A what? 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 scheme to seek revenge, he commandeers The Great Freddie's stage act and entraps the entertainer in the postwar ashes of Germany. Behind the footlights, the dybbuk lights up the terrible fate of a million and a half Jewish children, including Avrom himself. What tricks does the dybbuk have up his ghostly sleeve? Prepare to be astonished. . . . (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:53 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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