"In a mud hut in the Jewish Quarter of 16th-century Fez, a dying woman hands her granddaughter a heavy gold ring - and an even heavier secret. Five hundred years later, Alma Ben-Ami journeys to Madrid to fulfill her ancestor's final wish. She has recruited an unlikely research partner: Manuel Aguilar, a young Catholic Spaniard whose beloved priest always warned him about getting too friendly with Jews. As their quest takes them from Greenwich Village...

"Celebrating Hanukkah with Nonna and Nonno in Florida is like a dream--picking oranges in the sun, dancing the salsa, playing in the waves at the beach, and eating Nonna's buñuelos stuffed with almonds and guava jelly." -- Provided by publisher.