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Reach for this book when your teen feels stifled by expectations or is struggling to reconcile their artistic dreams with a family's practical demands. This haunting verse novel follows Ilana Lopez, a Jewish Latina girl sent to Prague for the summer to forget her violin and focus on her grades. While exploring a forgotten Jewish cemetery, she meets a ghost named Benjamin and a sinister man with a mechanical heart who offers her the chance to stay in his magical, timeless world forever. It is a lyrical exploration of cultural heritage, the cost of artistic immortality, and the courage required to claim one's own path. Parents will appreciate how it treats creative passion as a vital part of identity while navigating themes of historical trauma and self-sacrifice. It is ideal for ages 12 and up.