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The Path Of Names (2013)

by Ari B. Goelman(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0545474302 (ISBN13: 9780545474306)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Arthur A. Levine Books

review 1: I'm not sure how to categorize this story because of the unusual combination of elements here: Dahlia, a girl who loves math and magic, has been bribed to spend a session at the Jewish camp where her brother will be a counselor. Once there, she ends up in a class about Kabbalah, which initially intrigues her because of its relationship to numerology, but then loses her interest. Meanwhile, 2 little girls are visible only to Dahlia, and she starts having dreams of an Othodox Jewish man named David and his life 72 years earlier. Combine this with the daily life of a summer camp and the campers she meets, and it makes for a very off-the-beaten-path (of names). It definitely intrigued me, created suspense, and held my interest.
review 2: Not one for the faint-heart... moreed, this title mixes modern day adolescent angst about fitting in, summer camp, and sibling rivalry with a mystery rooted in religion and folklore. The story centers on fourteen-year-old Dahlia Sherman, a teen more interested in numbers, magic tricks, and games than in the typical pursuits at Camp Arava. But her parents want her to learn to be more social, which ends with their cutting a deal with her to attend this camp in order to attend magic camp later in the summer. Dahlia is not too thrilled with camp until she spies two girls disappearing through a wall. What looks like a clever magic trick turns out to have a supernatural reason behind it, and Dahlia keeps seeing the girls and dreaming of David Schank who somehow knows the 72nd name of God and is responsible for the maze on the camp property. Readers who like challenging problems will enjoy trying to solve this one in which lives and power are at stake. less

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