The Summer We Found the Baby

by Amy Hest

Book Overview

Set during World War II, this poignant, briskly paced historical novel relays the events of one extraordinary summer from three engaging points of view.

On the morning of the dedication of the new children's library in Belle Beach, Long Island, eleven-year-old Julie Sweet and her six-year-old sister, Martha, find a baby in a basket on the library steps. At the same time, twelve-year-old Bruno Ben-Eli is on his way to the train station...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763660078
• ISBN13: 9780763660079
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7