TWO SUNS IN THE SKY

Miriam Bat-Ami, . . Puffin, $6.99 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-14-230036-7

"Bat-Ami realistically frames questions about tolerance and its absence," said PW of this novel set in 1944 Oswego, N.Y., where America's only refugee camp is set up to accommodate Jews fleeing Europe. Adam, a 15-year-old Yugoslav Jew, begins a romance with a local girl. Ages 12-up. (Nov.)

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