Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler
Duel timelines and a heavy subject matter of family history, Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler, is a riveting read for a younger generation. A complex history told with care. Beautifully written. ~Tanja Get it on Amazon https://amzn.to/3LzCmI0 Thirteen-year-old Liv’s beloved ninety-two-year-old grandmother, Oma, is moving into a home where she can be cared for as her dementia worsens. As Liv helps her father empty Oma’s house, she finds an old chest which opens up a whole world that Liv never knew about: the hidden world of Oma’s childhood. Through the letters and other mementos, Liv learns that Oma, given name Mila, had a sister, Eva, that no one in Liv’s family ever knew about. In 1942, Mila and Eva are sent away from their parents to a non-Jewish family so they will survive the war. Twelve-year-old Mila believes that they will soon be reunited with their parents and go back to their normal lives, but fourteen-year-old Eva knows better, and soon gets involved in the Resistance. Ev
