The Summer We Found the Baby (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763660079)

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 to catch the 9:15 train into New York City. He is on an important errand for his brother, who is a soldier overseas in World War II. 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, the novel captures the moments and emotions of a life-changing summer -- a summer in which a baby gives a family hope and brings a community together.

Author: Amy Hest
ISBN-10: 0763660078
ISBN-13: 9780763660079
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 08/04/2020
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511901 / Summer We Found the Baby


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2020
Booklist 05/15/2020 pg. 59
Publishers Weekly 06/15/2020
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2020
School Library Journal 08/01/2020 pg. 73
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2020 pg. 100
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average