A riveting and dramatic story of two devoted sisters, Italian citizens, who must survive in WWII Japan.
Donna Jo Napoli has published 18 picture books and early readers, a series of 16 chapter books for early elementary school students, 26 middle-grade novels, and 24 young-adult novels. Her work has been translated into 19 languages and has won many awards at the state and national level. She is a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College, so she brings her research skills and her profound interest in language to bear on her novels, particularly the historical ones.
“An enthralling story of sisterhood amongst harrowing war.” —School
Library Journal
“Napoli’s story [is] told with immediacy, compassion, and
nuance.” —The Horn Book
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