When Naomi, a refugee child from Nazi-occupied Paris who acts 'crazy, ' moves into Alan Silverman's building in New York, he does his best to avoid her. They slowly develop a deep and touching friendship "[which] is a joy [in] this warming story with its heart-wrenching ending.

One of the more honest approaches to the repercussions of WW II" --SLJ

Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)1978 Children's Books of 1977 (Library of Congress)1969-1992 Best of the Best Books for Young Adults