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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2013
In her first novel, veteran picture-book creator Shirley Hughes moves from the small dramas of contemporary young-child life to a story of wartime survival/adventure in 1940s German-occupied Florence. The titular hero is Paolo, a thirteen-year-old boy who misses his father, away fighting with the partisans, and chafes at the restrictions of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Intermediate Fiction
In her first novel, picture-book veteran Hughes tells a story of 1940s wartime. While thirteen-year-old Paolo finds respite in his bicycle rides th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
