Awards
- Commended for Sydney Taylor Book Award (Young Adult) 2024
Overview
Frankenstein meets Inglourious Basterds in this stunning Jewish historical horror novel from the award-winning author of The City Beautiful Vera was made for vengeance. Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can't bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf - an ancient and profane magic - to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death. When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen kisses amidst the tragedy, and of a grisly death. And when she meets Akiva, she recognizes the boy with soft lips that gave warm kisses. But these memories aren't hers, and Vera doesn't know if she gets--or deserves--to have a life beyond what she was made for. Vera's strength feels limitless--until she learns that there are others who would channel kishuf for means far less noble than avenging a daughter's death. As she confronts the very basest of humanity, Vera will need more than what her creator gave her: Not just a reason to fight, but a reason to live.
Full Product Details
Author: Aden Polydoros ,
Emily Lawrence
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Imprint: Inkyard Press
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798212660549
Publication Date: 10 October 2023
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Wrath Becomes Her is intoxicating and visionary, a rare book that peels apart the idea of what personhood is, what our obligations are to those who made us who we are, and our obligations to the living and to the dead...This is a tour de force."" -- ""Katherine Locke, author of This Rebel Heart"" ""Haunting, exhilarating, and a howl of vengeance."" -- ""Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author"""
"""Haunting, exhilarating, and a howl of vengeance."" -- ""Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author"""
Author Information
Aden Polydoros is an award-winning author who transitioned from female to male when he was 14. After going ""stealth"" for over ten years, he came out as transgender in order to support trans youth and vocalize how transitioning saved his life. His YA gothic fantasy novel The City Beautiful won the Sydney Taylor Book Award and was a finalist for the Lambda Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Cybils Award, the South Carolina Book Award, and the 2022 World Fantasy Award. Emily Lawrence, an actor and writer, is passionate about bringing stories to life. She has narrated more than 425 audiobooks, many of which were USA Today or New York Times bestsellers, and has also worked in film, television, and theater.
