Most of the book takes place before the advent of Christianity and therefore utilizes Hebrew Scriptures to supplement the moral examples within the tale.

The president of Egypt is helpless.

Medina-Sandoval narrates the experiences of generations of crypto-Jews, beginning in Spain in the late 1300s as they hide from the Inquisition and ending in New Mexico in the early 1800s as they migrate to new lands seeking freedom and ...

As we hid behind the wall, I peeked out and saw the bright light coming from a tiny door.