Two Suns in the Sky

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Summary: Two Suns in the Sky
Review: This book was very good. Its title is Two Suns in the Sky and the authors name is Miriam Bat-Ami. This book involves a young boy and a young girl that meet each other from a refugee camp. Adam is the boy who came from Yougoslavia on a ship to come to America to be free from the war that has been going on. Christine Cook who is the girl that has lived in America her whole life begins to fall inl ove with Adam. I would reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys a story with a little romance in it and in the same timeinformation about a war that is going on in the story and how people from Yougoslavia and other places come to America to be free from the war. I liked this book a lot and I hope i can find more books by this came author to read in the future. Now i am a little more consiuos on how refugees were treated and how other people did not like them just because they were sent to America to be free and safe form the war and at the same time some of their family members are fighting over in their country to make their country independent and free like America. I enjoyed this book and I would read another Holocaust book in the future.

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Summary: A Very Good Book
Review: Two Suns in the Sky by Miriam Bat-Ami is a wonderful story about first love and tolerance. The setting and events in the novel are based on factual events. The story is set during World War II. Jewish refugees come to the United States and stay at a refugee camp. Located at the site of Fort Ontario, a decommissioned army base, the Emergency Refugee Center served as a holding center for refugees until plans were finalized for their return to Europe or resettlement in the United States. This book is exciting, sad and it represents the reality of life for Jews during the War.

Miriam Bat-Ami has done an amazing job with the characters and setting. Her use of parallel voices chronicles both the problems of Jewish refugees and the responses to the refugees by Americans living near the shelter. She reinforces many of the themes and conflicts in the book by introducing each chapter with quotes from former refugees or other historical personages.




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Summary: Dynamic characters in a fascinating, true historical setting
Review: TWO SUNS IN THE SKY is a fascinating read for YA and adults alike. Set in Oswego, New York during World War II, the novel juxtaposes the lives of European refugees housed in the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario and those of suburban Americans through the eyes of a teen-age refugee and a local high school student. The setting and events of the novel are based on factual events that are both well researched and well presented. The main character, Chris, a local schoolgirl, is interesting and dynamic as she navigates the changes wrought in her life by family dynamics, maturation, love and war. The presence of a refugee camp in her home town provides conflict on personal, community and global levels. Adam, a teenage refugee living in the camp, has survived the turmoil of war, arriving at the camp amid confusion and loss. The two young people learn much about life and growing up as their relationship develops. Not a trite romance, this novel presents complex and engaging characters struggling to make sense of their lives as the world changes drastically around them. I would highly recommend this book

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Summary: A forbidden love
Review: Two Suns in the Sky was written by Miriam Bat-Ami. This wonderfully written book takes you on an adventureb through first character. Often switching from the refugee Adam to the american Christien but she prefers to be called Chris. In the beginning of the stroy through Adam's view you find out that his brother,father, and grandmother have been gone for a long time. He says an ad saying that you can come to the states for safety. After a long time with his mother she finally decides to take Adam and his sister to the states for safety. When you get to Chris's view in the beginning you find that she is a girl longing to be kissed and wishes for adventure. She wants to join the WAC and actually do something for the war.
As the story continues chris and aadm finally meet. As a kind gesture Chris puts her bike over the fence for Adam's lil sister to use. The press tries to put her on the news but she hides from them knowing that if her dad found out that if she ever showed up at the camp she would be grounded. Through mutual friends she has gotten to know and love Adam. she spends many hours in the refugee camp making friends and finding out that many people have suffered more than she probably ever will. For a while she meets Adam every day in the library. But when her dad finds out that she has been seeing him he gets furious and says that she can never see that refugee again. She keeps on going to her secret visits with him. But after awhile she finally admits all of this in confession and agrees to never do it again. How will this come to end. Will she ever get to love Adam again or is their relationship doomed to end? Yo find out read this beautiful love story called Two Suns in the Sky.