by Ruta Sepetys publisher's synopsis Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police… Continue reading Book Review: I Must Betray You
Tag: Historical Fiction
Book Review: The Sound of Light
by Sarah Sudin publisher's synopsis When the Germans march into Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt exchanges his nobility for anonymity, assuming a new identity so he can secretly row messages for the Danish Resistance across the waters to Sweden. American physicist Dr. Else Jensen refuses to leave Copenhagen and abandon her research--her life's dream. While printing… Continue reading Book Review: The Sound of Light
Book Review: Within These Lines
by Stephanie Morrill Publisher's synopsis: Evalina Cassano’s life in an Italian-American family in 1941 is everything it “should be” until she falls in love with Taichi Hamasaki, the son of Japanese immigrants. Despite the scandal it would cause and that inter-racial marriage is illegal in California, Evalina and Taichi vow they will find a way… Continue reading Book Review: Within These Lines
Book Review: The Fountains of Silence
by Ruta Sepetys publisher's synopsis A portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship. Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the… Continue reading Book Review: The Fountains of Silence
Book Review: The Star That Always Stays
by Anna Rose Johnson publisher's synopsis When bright and spirited Norvia moves from the country to the city, she has to live by one new rule: Never let anyone know you're Ojibwe. Growing up on Beaver Island, Grand-pere told Norvia stories--stories about her ancestor Migizi, about Biboonke-o-nini the Wintermaker, about the Crane Clan and the… Continue reading Book Review: The Star That Always Stays
Book Review: The Italian Ballerina
by Kristy Cambron Publisher's Synopsis A prima ballerina. Two American medics. And a young Jewish girl with no name . . . At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together to save Italian Jews in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events. Rome,… Continue reading Book Review: The Italian Ballerina
Book Review: One Degree of Freedom
by Taryn R. Hutchinson publisher's synopsis Fifteen-year-old Adriana Nicu lives in the sheltered world of Bucharest, Romania, in the year 1987. Under the rule of Communist president Nicolae Ceaușescu, citizens of Bucharest live with the eyes and ears of the government ever present. Adriana’s future, which will involve becoming an engineer, is locked in against… Continue reading Book Review: One Degree of Freedom
Book Review: Between Two Worlds
by Cheyenne van Langevelde publisher's synopsis Enid hates the Romans who enslaved her. Broken-hearted over the life she lost in Britain, she vows to bury her name and her past where the Redcrests can never reach it. As years of servitude pass, bitter resignation replaces her longing to return home. Then an unlikely friendship with… Continue reading Book Review: Between Two Worlds
Book Review: The Means That Make Us Strangers
by Christine Kindberg publisher's synopsis Home is where your people are. But who are your people? Adelaide has lived her whole life in rural Ethiopia, where she and her family are the only white people she knows. Then her family moves to South Carolina, in 1964. Adelaide promises she'll return to Ethiopia and become part… Continue reading Book Review: The Means That Make Us Strangers
Book Review: Allies
by Alan Gratz Dee is sixteen years old and made his way into World War II by fudging his birthday. Now, he is at D-Day, preparing to land on Omaha Beach. Samira's mother works with the French Resistance. After a sudden turn of events, Samira finds herself mixed up in the Resistance, working behind German… Continue reading Book Review: Allies
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