Julia Alvarez's first middle-grade book sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child's experiences living in two cultures

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A Guide of Spirits: A Psychopomp's Manual for Transitioning the Dead to the Afterlife Fiction - Romance - Contemporary Julia Alvarez's first middle-grade bookLearn the magick of energy healing for those on their sacred journey into the land of the ancestors. A Guide of Spirits teaches us how to guide the dying to the land of the ancestors in a way that is balancing and healing. It teaches us how to help the person who is transitioning energetically and spiritually prepare for their final journey to the afterlife. Chris Allaun also shows the witch and healer how to escort earthbound spirits to the ancestral