Elvina's Mirror / In this sequel to My Guardian Angel, Sylvie Weil continues the story of Elvina, the 14-year-old granddaughter of Rashi, the famous 11th-century French Bible and Talmud commentator. It is the spring of 1097 in the town of Troyes, in France. The Crusaders have been marauding their way through Europe, attacking Jewish communities. One evening, a mysterious family arrives in Troyes?German Jews forced by the Crusaders to submit to baptism. The townspeople shun the family, but Elvina befriends 11-year-old Columba. Columba?s mad cousin, Ephraim, steals a mirror from a member of the Jewish community, believing it will let him see his family killed in the recent attacks. Elvina tries to help Ephraim rid his mind of the terrible images by bringing him her own mirror, in which she claims to see a positive future. Elvina?s story brings the often-ignored world of Medieval European Jewry to life for young readers In 1097 Troyes, France, fourteen-year-old Elvina reaches out to a shunned family of German Jews, eventually drawing her grandfather, Bible and Talmud scholar Solomon ben Isaac, into helping her new friend's cousin Ephraim, whose memories of the Crusaders' cruelty have driven him mad.

GMD	Children
Corporate Author	Juvenilefiction.
Classification	YF-WEI-E
Publisher	Philadelphia, USA, Jewish Publication Society, 2009
Subject	Juvenile fiction.Jews--Persecutions--GermanyJews--France--History--11th century--Fiction.Rashi, --1040-1105--Fiction.Crusades--First, 1096-1099--Fiction.Sex Role--Fiction.Troyes (France)--History--11th century--Fiction.
Description	164
ISBN	9780827608856
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