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Part memoir, part family history, Two Worlds tells the story of Patricia J. Hruby's Catholic childhood, her marriage to Ron, the son of Holocaust survivors, and their struggle to make their mixed marriage work. Their story is intertwined with the stories of Ron's parents, his uncle and his grandmother, all of whom survived the Holocaust in different parts of Europe. Indeed, a fascinating tapestry of family history exploring individual and familial efforts to grapple with life's meaning as well as comprehend the depth of their Jewish identity through very turbulent times. Midway through the...

Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, Honor
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor
Boston Globe Horn Book Award, Nonfiction Honor
Parent's Choice Award
Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Children's Books of the Year List
Bologna Ragazzi Nonfiction Honor 2014
In exuberant verse and stirring pictures, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson create an extraordinary portrait for young people of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world....