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Reviewed on November 1, 2006
Gr 4-7 This thoughtful novel about Hungarian refugees living in Cincinnati in 1952 invites comparison with many situations in todays politically unstable world. Peti, 8, lives with his parents and is looking forward to having his aunt, uncle, and 12-year-old cousin join them in the U.S. How could he have known how cruel and disturbed his cousin would be? Or that his mothers worry about her father, still in Hungary and able to communicate only through letters with code...Log In or Sign Up to Read More