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Under a Red Sky by Haya Leah Molnar

Under a Red Sky

Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania

Haya Leah Molnar

Farrar Straus & Giroux · Print & ebook · March 30, 2010

Eva Zimmermann is eight years old, and she has just discovered she is Jewish.

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Who it’s for
A compact, reflective memoir with a tough-edged historical pulse.
Genres
Lives in History, Judaism for Teens, European History
Published
Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 30, 2010

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About this book

Eva Zimmermann is eight years old, and she has just discovered she is Jewish. Such is the life of an only child living in postwar Bucharest, a city that is changing in ever more frightening ways. Eva's family, full of eccentric and opinionated adults, will do absolutely anything to keep her safe—even if it means hiding her identity from her.

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With razor-sharp depictions of her animated relatives, Haya Leah Molnar's memoir of her childhood captures with touching precocity the very adult realities of living behind the iron curtain. Under a Red Sky is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Tough Reflection

A compact, reflective memoir with a tough-edged historical pulse.

Come here for

  • daily dip-in reflection
  • Jewish coming-of-age under pressure

Expect

  • memoir form
  • historical memory and identity

Where it sits

European History49%
Judaism for Teens44%
Lives in History39%

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Publisher categories

  • Lives in History
  • European History
  • Judaism for Teens
Authors
Haya Leah Molnar
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published
March 30, 2010
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Lives in History