Language: G (4 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: PG (kissing); Violence: PG (farming accident)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Nearly 13yo Peggy is about to start high school, but is younger than the other 9th graders. Her friend Joe is a Quaker and volunteers working at a Quaker managed home for European refugees. Peggy may have her 1st crush, an older boy - a jewish refugee named Gunther, who doesn't see Peggy that way at all. Peggy's cousin Delia is very sick. Peggy is certain that the country doctors just don't know enough about Leukemia to treat Delia properly.
There is a lot going on in this novel. Grief, family problems, religious differences, Jewish survivors, loss, and coming of age. The action and emotions really ramp up in the last several chapters, and I found I couldn't put it down. A tightly woven plot where every last thing connects for a very satisfying ending. Peggy is white
Lisa Librarian
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