Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Told in two voices, two outcasts in an Iron Age village befriend each other, as disabled, orphaned Varick helps Estrild achieve her dream of becoming the first female warrior. Inspired by the Windeby bog body.
Knowing that the Village will soon be closed to all outsiders, Matty must make the trek through the dangerous forest to find Seer's daughter and convince her to return with him before it is too late and he loses her forever.
Unlike the other birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Clara forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to be adopted by a family unit.
Eleven-year-old Sophia endeavors to prevent her increasingly forgetful eighty-eight-year-old neighbor and best friend Sophie from entering assisted living, and in the process, uncovers unexpected stories of war, loss, and hope.
"Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives"--Provided by publisher.
"Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden."--.
"From two-time Newbery medalist . . . Lois Lowry comes [poetry on] the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima"--Provided by publisher.
