Starring Sally J. Freedman as herself

251 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 1978 by Dell Pub. Co..

ISBN:: 978-0-440-98239-5

(1 review)

It is 1947 and these are happy times for Sally J. Freedman and her family. They are a close and loving Jewish family though not as orthodox as the Daniels, who live in the next apartment. The Freedman's are spending the winter in Miami beach because of her brother's health-- but he's just fine now. Sally's dad (she calls him Doey-Bird) visits often from their home in New Jersey. Sally has learned not to hate her new school, has made new friends, and is interested in boys. Mom worries too much, and her brother keeps to himself all the time, but winter in Florida is a sunny adventure after all. And Sally still dreams up wonderful stories in her head.

But there is a lingering shadow. A distant and not fully understood terror of war, death and concentration camps. Of Tante Rose and Lila, who died at Dachau, it is …

It is 1947 and these are happy times for Sally J. Freedman and her family. They are a close and loving Jewish family though not as orthodox as the Daniels, who live in the next apartment. The Freedman's are spending the winter in Miami beach because of her brother's health-- but he's just fine now. Sally's dad (she calls him Doey-Bird) visits often from their home in New Jersey. Sally has learned not to hate her new school, has made new friends, and is interested in boys. Mom worries too much, and her brother keeps to himself all the time, but winter in Florida is a sunny adventure after all. And Sally still dreams up wonderful stories in her head.

But there is a lingering shadow. A distant and not fully understood terror of war, death and concentration camps. Of Tante Rose and Lila, who died at Dachau, it is a shadow that sometimes turns Sally's wonderful stories into nightmares. simgstylemagic rox!

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3 stars

read as part of the Girl Detective Summer Challenge (where readers are encouraged to read at least 1 of the 6-7 books featured in each chapter of Lizzie Skurnick’s Shelf Discovery: The Teenage Classics We Never Stopped Reading) (www.girldetective.net/?p=4506) it's weird to re-read a book from so long ago - i was shocked by some of the language. did i know what those words meant back then? and then there were plot points that made me gasp with adult shock that i doubt i paid much attention to as a twelve or thirteen year old.
the book is set after WW II and sally is certain she's found a retired adolph hitler in miami. but her conjecture is no different than all her other movie-type fantasies she plays in her mind (or out loud with friends) her ignorance is what allows a child to read the book - …

read as part of the Girl Detective Summer Challenge (where readers are encouraged to read at least 1 of the 6-7 books featured in each chapter of Lizzie Skurnick’s Shelf Discovery: The Teenage Classics We Never Stopped Reading) (www.girldetective.net/?p=4506) it's weird to re-read a book from so long ago - i was shocked by some of the language. did i know what those words meant back then? and then there were plot points that made me gasp with adult shock that i doubt i paid much attention to as a twelve or thirteen year old.
the book is set after WW II and sally is certain she's found a retired adolph hitler in miami. but her conjecture is no different than all her other movie-type fantasies she plays in her mind (or out loud with friends) her ignorance is what allows a child to read the book - an adult knows immediately the implications of the situation. for example, in sally's view we are told they've moved to miami for her brother's health, and perhaps the parents want to focus on that. but when douglas confesses to sally that he was chased by a likely pedophile, the mother's inflated worry over a broken bone and her absence at the hospital implies an entirely different worry

Subjects

Family -- Juvenile fiction
Jews -- United States -- Juvenile fiction