Under a Red Sky

Name: Under a Red Sky
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ISBN: 9780374318406

Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania

Haya Leah Molnar

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
01 March 2010

History & the past: general interest (Children's&YA); People & places (Children's&YA); Religion & beliefs: general interest (Children's&YA); Educational: History; Educational: Religious studies: Judaism

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. 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.

By: Haya Leah Molnar
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780374318406
ISBN 10: 0374318409
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 March 2010
Recommended Age: From 12 to 18 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Haya Leah Molnar lives in New York City. This is her first book.

Reviews for Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania

In this rich, insightful memoir, Molnar offers a child’s-eye view of life in Romania in the late 1950s. [Her family is] a lively, eccentric bunch brought vividly to life in a simple first-person, present-tense narration.… Black-and-white family photographs illustrate this poignant, memorable memoir.  -- Kirkus (STARRED)  As Eva pieces together her family’s history, a vivid story emerges; ranging from funny tender moments of family life to the horrific revelations of the Romanian holocaust, about which little has been written….[a] poignant, memorable offering. -- Booklist Finely wrought moments poignantly render the political and religious complexity of Eva's childhood: her best friend, a Christian, searches Eva's head for horns; her Jewish aunt delivers a Christmas tree; she learns that two Nazis saved her family's lives years earlier. Haunting images and humorous anecdotes combine to powerful effect in this impressive debut.: -- P