Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but as far as eighteen-year-old Zofia Ledermann was concerned, nothing was over. Her body had barely begun to heal; Her spirit is broken; And her life is shattered. Three years ago, she and her younger brother Obeck were the only family members sent to the right, away from the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau; All the others - her parents, her grandmother, her lively aunt Maya - were sent to the left. Zofia's last words to her brother were a promise: Dust to Zofia, A to Z. "When I find you again, we'll complete our alphabet." Her journey to fulfill the oath leads her to displaced persons camps, where everyone she meets tries to build a future for themselves in a painful transition: Miriam, who is desperately searching for her twin brother from whom she was separated after they survived a medical experiment; Brienne, a former heiress who now only longs for a simple wedding with her new fiancé; And the beautiful, strange and magnetic Yosef, who buries his past behind a wall of secrets. But the more Zofia deepens the search, the more impossible it seems. How will you manage to find one boy in the sea of ??the missing? Among the ruins of a broken continent, Zofia has to dive into a mystery whose solution may break her, or maybe actually help her rebuild her world? "Written with sensitivity and wisdom... Fascinating." – The New York Times "A work of thought... As in real life, there is a heartbreaking sadness in this novel, but also a hope that life, in the end, will be whole and good again." – Booklist, starred review "Zofia's Alphabet combines history, romance and mystery... It is a heartbreaking yet hopeful story about what it takes to survive trauma." – BookPage, starred review "Enthusiasts of historical novels, thrillers and romance, will not be able to put this book down." – School Library Journal, starred review
