The dramatic story of neighbors in a small Danish fishing village who, during the Holocaust, shelter a Jewish family waiting to be ferried to safety in Sweden - based on a true story.
It's a sunny fall day in Maya's neighborhood, and all her neighbors are busy with outdoor activities, from releasing some young butterflies to organizing a birthday scavenger hunt.
In biblical times, Itamar, the tailor's son, has carefully carried the High Priest's robe-with its little golden bells sewn onto the hem-home for his father to mend.
A Sydney Taylor Honor Book and CBC Best Children's Book of the YearWhen Flory's ancestors are forced to leave Spain during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, they take with them their two most precious possessions-the key to their old house and the Ladino language.
