The Book of Candles: Eight Poems for Hanukkah A John Scognamiglio Book a no-holds-barred thirty-day struggle to

a no-holds-barred thirty-day struggle to stay alive as public enemy number one

loyalty and frustrated love

Turns out the guy I brought to my friend’s dinner party has a wife

to get some answers of his own

When Sophie Hatter unwittingly attracts the attention of the Witch of the Waste

The Book of Candles: Eight Poems for Hanukkah A John Scognamiglio Book a no-holds-barred thirty-day struggle toA Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Winner! From Sydney Taylor Award winner and National Jewish Book Award honoree Laurel Snyder comes a warm, reverential, surprising, and fresh story of one very special Hanukkah. In a dark, dark room, one thin candle wakes, bursts to life Thus begins the first night of Hanukkah in one child's home. But what does the light from the candle mean? What are the words everyone is singing? What will each of these eight nights