It’s 1942. German Nazis occupy much of France. And twelve-year-old Miriam, who is Jewish, is not safe. With help and quick thinking, Miri is saved from the roundup that takes her entire Jewish neighborhood. She escapes Paris, landing in a small French village, where the spires of the famous Chateau de Chenonceau rise high into the sky, its bridge across the River Cher like a promise, a fairy tale. But Miri’s life is no fairy tale. Her parents are gone – maybe alive, maybe not. Taken in at the boarding school near the chateau, pretending to be Catholic to escape Nazi capture, Miri is called upon… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Period-typical antisemitism & Nazism (theme), including physical beatings and setting houses on fire as a hate crime
- Infidelity mentioned
- Blood depiction
- Death of a husband discussed
- Police brutality & violence (on-page)
- World War II (theme) with mentions of concentration camps
- St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre discussed
