The Summer We Found the Baby
Author: Hest, Amy
ISBN: 9781536225990
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 198mm x 135mm x
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
“A poignant composite portrait of three children’s—and two loving families’—hope and resilience in the face of loss and uncertainty.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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 to catch the 9:15 train into New York City. He is on an important errand for his brother, a soldier overseas fighting in the second World War. But when Bruno spies Julie—the same Julie who hasn’t spoken to him for sixteen days—heading away from the library with a baby in her arms, he has to follow her. Holy everything, he thinks. Julie Sweet is a kidnapper.
Of course, the truth is much more complicated than the children know in this heartwarming and beautifully textured family story by award-winning author Amy Hest. Told in three distinct voices, each with a different take on events, this novel —now in paperback with an updated cover—captures the moments and emotions of a life-changing summer in which a baby gives a family hope and brings a community together.
ISBN: 9781536225990
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 198mm x 135mm x
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
“A poignant composite portrait of three children’s—and two loving families’—hope and resilience in the face of loss and uncertainty.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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 to catch the 9:15 train into New York City. He is on an important errand for his brother, a soldier overseas fighting in the second World War. But when Bruno spies Julie—the same Julie who hasn’t spoken to him for sixteen days—heading away from the library with a baby in her arms, he has to follow her. Holy everything, he thinks. Julie Sweet is a kidnapper.
Of course, the truth is much more complicated than the children know in this heartwarming and beautifully textured family story by award-winning author Amy Hest. Told in three distinct voices, each with a different take on events, this novel —now in paperback with an updated cover—captures the moments and emotions of a life-changing summer in which a baby gives a family hope and brings a community together.
