Brown Is Beautiful

Things We Like

The Beautiful Country

Hundred Percent

Black Boy, Black Boy

Your Friend, Rebecca (New Windmills)

While the Storm Rages

Wishing Upon the Same Stars

Trilogia della memoria

In this memoir translated from Italian to English, a Jewish girl grows up during a difficult time of racial discrimination and war, and discovers light in unexpected places. This story from Lia Levi is adapted for young readers, with black-and-white illustrations, a family photo album, and an author’s note to readers.

1938, Italy. Six-year-old Lia loves to build sandcastles at the beach and her biggest problem is her shyness and quiet, birdlike voice—until prime minister Mussolini joins forces with Hitler in World War II, and everything changes.

Now there are laws saying Jewish children can’t go to school, Jews can’t work, or go on vacation. It’s difficult for Lia to understand why this is happening to her family. When her father loses his job, they must give up their home and move from city to city.

As war comes closer, it becomes too dangerous to stay together, and Lia and her sisters are sent to hide at a convent. Will she ever be “just a girl” again?

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