Sacred Shadows

"When I was told my father was dead, I ran away....I reached the pine grove, and there I flung myself down, hugged the damp earth, and waited."Against a pre-Hitler backdrop rarely viewed in young adult novels, Lena Katz suddenly learns that the Germany for which her father died is now considered part of Poland. She grows up torn between her desire to leave and her allegiance to her mother, who ignores thecountry's growing anti-Semitism. Then Janusz, a handsome young bout Huckley's history than they ever wanted to know! "Amiable characters, fleet pacing, and witty, in-the-know narration will keep even the non-bookish interested."-- Publishers Weekly