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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2017 | Picture Books
Gr 2–4—"When the enemy bombed the library, everything burned." This is how Wild begins her rather dark tale of salvaging one important thing when everything else is broken or destroyed. A young boy's father had borrowed a book from that soon-to-be-burned library, and when the "enemy" (never identified or hinted at) forces the people to leave their homes, the father chooses to take the book, sequestering it in an iron box. He tells the boy that the book is "about our people, about us. It is rarer than rubies, m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2017
"When the enemy bombed the library, everything burned," begins this shattering but ultimately affirming story. The only library book that isn't incinerated is one that young Peter's father has checked out. When the enemy makes everyone leave their homes, Peter's father puts the book in an iron box and takes it with them: "This is a book about our people," he tells Peter, its value "greater than gold." They fl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
"When the enemy bombed the library, everything burned," begins this shattering but ultimately affirming story. The only library book that isn't incinerated is one that young Peter's father has checked out. When the enemy makes everyone leave their homes, Peter's father puts the book in an iron box and takes it with them: "This is a book about our people," he tells Peter, its value "greater than gold." They fl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
