I’ve only read/listened to one other book by this author, but I know that at some point I need to read them all. What I liked about this one, as I did about her first book, is that she takes a time period and place in history that isn’t as well known as so many other historical events and places, and brings it to life. And that she used teens to do it makes it so perfect for me to share with my students. This was something going on during my own teen years. I recognized the name of the gymnast they talked about escaping the country. But you know what, I don’t remember hearing about anything else with this when it was going on. Such a great story, so much emotion and intense events, such great description of a way to try to understand just what the people in this country had to go through. I also love the author’s extra note at the end about what got her to write the story.