Three Summers: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of War

by Laura L. Sullivan and Amra Sabic-El-Rayess

Book Overview

An epic middle-grade memoir about sisterhood and coming-of-age in the three years leading up to the Bosnian Genocide.

Three Summers is the story of five young cousins who grow closer than sisters as ethnic tensions escalate over three summers in 1980s Bosnia. They navigate the joys and pitfalls of adolescence on their family's little island in the middle of the Una River. When finally confronted with the harsh truths of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374390819
• ISBN13: 9780374390815
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7