The Way Back
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
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Inspired by Jewish folklore
, The Way Back is a story of two grieving teens who travel through the land of the dead to challenge the Angel of Death himself. But how does one beat death? It will take creative thinking and maturity to find the truth about the departure of their loved ones and hopefully the way back home to the living.
Plot Summary
A stranger is coming to town, and Yehuda Leib is told by his frightened mother he must flee. Not really knowing why, Yehuda Leib leaves Tubisk that very night. However, as circumstances would have it, Yehuda Leib runs into the stranger who tries to capture him. With the help of a friend, Yehuda Leib escapes. But a stranger is accidentally killed in the escape, a man who turns out to be his long-lost father.