Skating with the Statue of Liberty

The gripping and poignant companion to Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner Black Radishes, about identity, resistance, and the transformative power of friendship in World War II New York City.

In January 1942, Gustave and his Jewish family arrive in America at last after escaping the Germans in Nazi-occupied France. But life is not easy in New York. Gustave's clothes are all wrong, he can barely speak English, and he is worried about his best friend, Marcel, who is in danger back at home in Fra...