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This rebel heart

Csilla has felt protected by the Duna river her entire life, and especially during the Holocaust of World War II, but that magic seems to have broken when Communists took control of Hungary. When her parents are killed by the secret police, Csilla's deep feelings of betrayal and disconnection c...

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Main Author: Locke, Katherine (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Delafield, Dotty tribute.
Teenage girls > Young adult fiction.
Communism > Hungary > Young adult fiction.
Anti-communist movements > Young adult fiction.
Jews > Young adult fiction.
Orphans > Young adult fiction.
Revolutions > Young adult fiction.
Budapest (Hungary) > History > 1945- > Young adult fiction.
Hungary > History > Revolution, 1956 > Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction > Young adult.
Summary: Csilla has felt protected by the Duna river her entire life, and especially during the Holocaust of World War II, but that magic seems to have broken when Communists took control of Hungary. When her parents are killed by the secret police, Csilla's deep feelings of betrayal and disconnection cause her to plan her escape from her unrecognizable homeland. They are posthumously exonerated, however, sparking a series of protests that make her reconsider whether she can leave it all behind.
Physical Description: 437 pages : map ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780593381243
0593381246
9780593381250
0593381254
Author Notes: Katherine Locke (they/them) is the author of The Girl with the Red Balloon , a 2018 Sydney Taylor Honor Book and 2018 Carolyn W. Field Honor Book, as well as The Spy with the Red Balloon . They are the co-editor and contributor to It's A Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes and Other Jewish Stories , a contributor to Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens and Out Now: Queer We Go Again , and co-editor of This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us . They are also the author of the picture books Bedtime for Superheroes and How to Be Friends with a Dragon . They can be found online at KatherineLockeBooks.com and @bibliogato on Twitter and Instagram.

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