Prejudice takes many forms. Set in New Jersey just before World War II, Come to a Memory: Joab's Story/Lila's Story is about two classmates who are both bullied in school for different reasons. Joab arrives in Lila's fourth grade class as the new kid, and is greeted with scorn because he's a half-Jewish refugee from Germany, and everyone knows that Germany is the enemy in the war. He talks funny and dresses differently, and has a black number burned into his arm. The teacher sits him next to Lila, another student who is belittled by the other students. She comes from a poor extended family,...
Prejudice takes many forms. Set in New Jersey just before World War II, Come to a Memory: Joab's Story/Lila's Story is about two classmates who are bo...