Now, to save her family and the village she's come to love, Ileana will have to tell the most important story of her life. Fearing for her safety, Ileana's parents send her to live with the grandparents she's never met, far from the prying eyes and ears of the secret police and their spies, who could be any of the neighbors.
But some stories can get you in trouble, like the dangerous one criticizing Romania's Communist government that Uncle Andrei publishedright before he went missing. Others are folktales like the one she was named for, which her father used to tell her at bedtime. Some are about the past, before the leader of her country tore down her home to make room for his golden palace back when families had enough food, and the hot water worked on more than just Saturday nights. Blackcreek, a reticent, serious man from Germany who she immediately doesn’t like. When they get to the desolate island, Essie finally meets Dr.
A powerful middle grade debut that weaves together folklore and history to tell the story of a girl finding her voice and the strength to use it during the final months of the Communist regime in Romania in 1989.Ileana has always collected stories. Essie has a list of unspeakable fears that includes everything from cats to electricity to illness to a silver sick bell and spends most of her time agonizing over the things she fears.
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