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Fourteen-year-old Jerry Luna refuses to speak after her mother's disappearance. Living at her great-great-aunt Constanza's house, she discovers a trunk and is transported into the lives of her Jewish ancestors living in Spain in the years before the Spanish Inquisition and later in Spanish America.
Jul 27, 2004 · There was violence in that trunk, and dark secrets, and she did not want to know them. Curious about the old homestead where she now lives, Jerry finds an ancient trunk in the basement that contains, among other things, an old piece of bloodstained lace, some letters, and a battered doll.
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- Kathryn Lasky
Blood Secret. Written by Kathryn Lasky. Review by Sarah Johnson. Fourteen-year-old Jerry Luna has been selectively mute ever since her mother abandoned her. After years in Catholic charity homes, Jerry’s Aunt Constanza, her great-grandmother’s sister, brings her home to New Mexico.
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Jul 28, 2009 · With BLOOD SECRET, Kathryn Lasky has constructed a compelling story that stretches across centuries. Lasky successfully creates two convincing, evocative settings: the present-day Southwest and Inquisition-era Spain.
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Jul 25, 2006 · A story of secrets and shadows by a Newbery Honor author. When Jerry Moon is sent to live with her great–great–aunt, she discovers a trunk in the basement that reveals dark mysteries about her family's ancestry.
- Kathryn Lasky
Blood Secret. A dramatic historical saga that brings the reader face-to-face with some of the worst atrocities ever committed against humankind in the name of God. Genre: Fiction.
Aug 11, 2009 · Blood Secret. Kathryn Lasky. Harper Collins, Aug 11, 2009 - Young Adult Fiction - 144 pages. The minute she had opened the trunk, she knew there wasn't anything like hope in it. Just awful musty...
