{"product_id":"they-went-left-9780316490597","title":"They Went Left","description":"\u003cb\u003e★\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e★\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookpage \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e★\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e★\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e★\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e★\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSLC \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e★\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSLJ \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"CRUCIAL.\" --The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the rubble of a broken continent, a girl must solve a mystery whose answers could rebuild her family--or break her completely, in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling, critically acclaimed tour de force historical novel from Monica Hesse, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl in the Blue Coat.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGermany, 1945\u003c\/b\u003e. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp say the war is over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal, her mind feels broken. And her life is completely shattered: Three years ago, she and her younger brother, Abek, were the only members of their family to be sent to the right, away from the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone else--her parents, her grandmother, radiant Aunt Maja--they went left. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Zofia's last words to her brother were a promise: \u003ci\u003eAbek to Zofia, A to Z. When I find you again, we will fill our alphabet. \u003c\/i\u003eNow her journey to fulfill that vow takes her through Poland and Germany, into a displaced persons camp where everyone she meets is trying to piece together a future from a painful past: Miriam, desperately searching for the twin she was separated from after they survived medical experimentation. Breine, a former heiress, who now longs only for a simple wedding with her new fiancé. And Josef, who guards his past behind a wall of secrets, and is beautiful and strange and magnetic all at once. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the deeper Zofia digs, the more impossible her search seems. How can she find one boy in a sea of the missing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is not just a story about death and survival--it's also about choosing to live on, even in the face of genocide, trauma and devastating loss. And what could be more relevant to our world today?\" \u003cb\u003e--Sharon Cameron, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Light in Hidden Places\u003c\/i\u003e, writing in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A heartbreaking, gorgeously written story...The ending left me breathless and awed by its expression of enduring love.\"―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJewell Parker Rhodes, New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonica Hesse \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGirl in the Blue Coat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brightwood Code, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe War Outside\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThey Went Left\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a Pulitzer Prize finalist columnist at the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives outside Washington, DC with her family. Monica invites you to visit her online at monicahesse.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597308170514,"sku":"9780316490597","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46fb59d2-b4cb-4e8a-b10a-5977d392b275.jpg?v=1750160083","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/they-went-left-9780316490597","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}