A brilliant historical YA that asks: how do you choose between survival and doing the right thing? The arrival of the Soviet army in Germany at the end of World War II sends sixteen-year-old Katja and her family into turmoil.
With their father gone and few resources available to them, Katja and her sister are forced to flee their home, reassured by their mother th.
The fighting has stopped, but German society is in collapse, resulting in tremendous hardship.
A brilliant historical YA that asks: how do you choose between survival and doing the right thing? The arrival of the Soviet army in Germany at the end of World War II sends sixteen-year-old Katja and her family into turmoil