Ethel's Song: Ethel Rosenberg's Life in Poems (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781635926255)

Convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union against the United States, Ethel Rosenberg shares the story of her beliefs, loves, secrets, betrayals, and injustices in this compelling YA novel in verse.

In 1953, Ethel Rosenberg, a devoted wife and loving mother, faces the electric chair. People say she's a spy, a Communist, a red. How did she get here? In a series of heart-wrenching poems, Ethel tells her story. The child of Jewish immigrants, Ethel Greenglass grows up on New York City's Lower East Side. She dreams of being an actress and a singer but finds romance and excitement in the arms of the charming Julius Rosenberg. Both are ardent supporters of rights for workers, but are they spies? Who is passing atomic secrets to the Soviets? Why does everyone seem out to get them?

This first book for young readers about Ethel Rosenberg is a fascinating portrait of a commonly misunderstood figure from American history, and vividly relates a story that continues to have relevance today.

Author: Barbara Krasner
ISBN-10: 1635926254
ISBN-13: 9781635926255
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 07/11/2022
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2022
School Library Journal 09/01/2022 pg. 115
Booklist 09/15/2022 pg. 50