Carol Matas
The struggle to create the state of IsraelPalestine, 1947: The United Nations is about to vote on whether there should be separate lands for the Arabs and the Jews. The Arabs are prepared to fight to prevent this partition, and the British are unwilling to interfere. Ruth Mendolsohn, who helped a group of young refugees flee Poland in After the War, is a member of the Haganah, a group of Israeli fighters that believes only in self-defense. Yet the Irgun, to which her brother Simon belongs, utilizes terrorist actions to get results. War seems inevitable, and both groups are going to have to fight. Will they find the security of a place they can call home?
Historical,Historical Fiction,Young Adult,Cultural,Israel,Fiction,Historical,World War II,Holocaust
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