Publications
Rebecca and the Talisman of Time
published by Portal Center Press, 2013
Rebecca is 13 years old and not enjoy it much...her parents recently split up, she lives in a new town, and now there's an important event coming up that she feels totally unprepared for. No one seems to understand. Then her world changes. Whole new dimensions of reality open up. The past is suddenly part of the present and what seemed so important before no longer matters...
"Rebecca"surely delivers! Podos has created so many layers of story that I felt like a kid in a candy store! There's humor, mystery, ghosts, magic, romance, adolescent insight, family dynamics, and running through it all, the powerful background of a rich faith tradition and the complexities the next generation will meet...This story will delight,enrich, and change your way of viewing the world"
--The Rev. Dr. Barbara Campbell, Presbyterian pastor
Harry Potter meets the Baal Shem Tov meets every teen who has ever felt misunderstood. We are carried along with Rebecca as she faces her deepest fears, embraces her heritage, and risks her life for those who have gone before her.
--Cassandra Sagan, Maggid, Poet, InterPlay Leader
_6x9_30th_Jan_edited_jp.jpg)
Published by Amazon Publishing, 2024
B'one lives in a world without cell phones, tablets, or laptops because they are implanted within her. In B'one's world, the Company manages and controls every aspect of life; people are kept calm and happy by the Feed, delivered directly into their minds.
When a personal tragedy causes B'one to run away, she discovers a group of people living beyone the reaches of the Company and the Feed. Here, people have had their devices removed and live a free life filled with ritual and community. As B'one awakes from the numbing effects of the Feed, she uncovers the truth about her world and undertakes an act of heroism that will change everything.
What a tale Batya Podos weaves! B'one Deep is a wonder. I was breathless by the end, having been so immersed in the angst-fueled, cautiously courageous, misfit, misbegotten brave world of B'one and her friends. We, the enrapt readers, are literally transported into this fabulous frightening future.
-- Cherie Karo Schwartz, storyteller, educator, poet, author of "Circle Spinning"
B'one Deep is a novel that develops connections between our present and the dangers of our possible future. Podos writes a thrilling adventure novel of the curiosity and courage of an average girl who eventually saves her society from its downfall. It is a book worth reading. It stands as a reminder of the power we all hold through our self-love; as long as we value ourselves and our own worth, we will get through anything.
-- Avigail Kaufman, student