Gr 6-10–Lasky’s novel, set in Berlin in 1932, opens with an author’s note that provides historical background. Gaby Schramm, 13, is an avid reader of world literature, and annoyed that her math teacher confiscates her books. Her unease grows when brown-shirted SA troops of Hitler&r
ASHES, by Kathryn Lasky (Viking 9780670011575). In 1932 Berlin, blond 13-year-old Gabriella looks like the Aryan purists’ ideal, but her strongly anti-Fascist family is derisively called “white Jews,” and her astrophysicist father is friends with Einstein, whose theory of relativi
From Kidsreads.com: "Lasky has given her owls a depth of personality that is fascinating and captivating. She also leaves us with enough questions unanswered that we are left hanging, wanting more."
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