From the author of Blind, a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story set during World War II in Shanghai, one of the only places Jews without visas could find refuge.
Rachel DeWoskin spent her twenties in China as the unlikely star of
a nighttime soap opera that inspired her memoir Foreign Babes in
Beijing. She is the author of Repeat After Me and Big Girl Small,
which received the American Library Association's Alex Award for an
adult book with special appeal to teen readers; Rachel's
conversations with young readers inspired her to write her first YA
novel, Blind. Rachel is on the faculty of the University of
Chicago, where she teaches creative writing. She lives in Chicago
with her husband, playwright Zayd Dohrn, and their two
daughters.
Rachel and her family spent six summers in Shanghai while she
researched Someday We Will Fly.
★ "DeWoskin explores a rarely depicted topic. . .A beautifully
nuanced exploration of culture and people." -Kirkus Reviews,
starred review
★ "An unusual portrait of what war does to families in general and
children in particular . . . affirms the human need for art and
beauty in hard times." -Booklist, starred review
"A provocative exploration of what resilience means when you’re
pushed to the edge." -BCCB
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