Spinning Silver

A book that mixes magic and fairytales with Judaism. A Jewish girl, Miryem, loves her father but is watching him let the family starve because he won't fulfill his role as a money lender. Her grandfather is a wealthy man of the same profession, and she wants that wealth and comfort for her own family. This desire is spurred into action when her mother becomes sick. Miryem starts collecting the money herself. Little does she know what can happen to a girl who turns silver into gold.

“But it was all the same choice, every time. The choice between the one death and all the little ones”