Thursday , March 28 2024

Young Adult and Children’s Literature

Book Review: ‘The Girl in the Torch,’ a Young Adult Historical Fiction by Robert Sharenow

Sarah knows her life back home will be unbearable so she makes a decision that could well end in her death. She is determined to follow her heart and jumps off the back of the boat she is loaded on to return her to her homeland. Her efforts at swimming take her to the land of the Lady, the woman of the torch. She finds her new hiding palace is on the island of the Statue of Liberty itself.

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