The Memory Cake

by Caroline L. Perry

While baking a special cake with her granddaughter, a Maltese grandmother revisits her memories of survival, hope, and life under siege during World War II.

Every year, a young girl visits her Nanna on the tiny Mediterranean isle of Malta, and together they bake a cake. As they mix, stir and ice their chocolate confection, Nanna explains why the cake is so special: when she was a girl, she made it to celebrate the end of a WWII bombing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823456463
• ISBN13: 9780823456468
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 40 Pages
• Age Range: 6 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3