Description
Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht--the night his family loses everything. As her child's safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel's mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita D az and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. Their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Dur n, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita s mother.
Details
ISBN: |
9781644738313 |
Publisher: |
Grupo Penguin Random House |
Authors: |
Allende, Isabel |
Illustrators: |
Allende, Isabel |
Binding: |
Hardcover |
Published Date: |
2023 |
Language: |
Spanish |
Original Language: |
Spanish |
Page: |
352 |
Theme: |
Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction |