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The Light of the Midnight Stars alex crossExperience an evocative combination of fantasy, history, and Jewish folklore in this lush and lyrical fairytale inspired novel from the author of The Sisters of the Winter Wood. Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants. Gathering under the midnight stars, they perform small miracles and none are more gifted than the great Rabbi Isaac and his three daughters. Hannah, bookish and calm, can coax plants to

two decades later

facing dehydration

in the shape of an old German student friend

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who has been captured by enemy forces in Afghanistan

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Nora and Mary enlist the help of Nance

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