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Oswego (NY)
2 Reviews
(2)
YA
In the fall of 1944, approximately one thousand refugees from liberated Italy were brought to a refugee shelter in Oswego, New York; Bat-Ami has used this little-known camp as the basis for a thought-provoking novel. Two story lines intertwine--that of fifteen-year-old Yugoslav refugee Adam and fifteen-year-old Oswego native Christine--in a timely story that probes the refugee issue with sensitivity and depth.
Reviewer: Martha Walke
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 1999
(2)
4-6
When Maman falls ill, Karin Levi and her brother must continue their journey through the French countryside without her, eventually boarding a ship in Italy taking refugees to the United States. This moving World War II story is neither highly dramatic nor politically charged; it is the very personal and immediate experience of a young girl grappling with the loss of her old life and with a new life that changes daily.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 1999
2 reviews
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