![]() ![]() ![]() It is a rare and virtuosic novel from an exciting new writer to watch. Told in spare, evocative prose, The Book of Jonas is about memory, about the terrible choices made during war, and about what happens when foreign disaster appears at our own doorstep. When Jonas meets Rose, a shocking and painful secret gradually surfaces from the past, and builds to a shattering conclusion that haunts long after the final page. Looking for a good book, album, movie or TV show. Christopher’s mother, Rose, has dedicated her life to finding out what really happened to her son, who disappeared after the raid in which Jonas’ village was destroyed. Below is a list of books for children, teens and adults that celebrate. soldier, Christopher Henderson, responsible for saving his life on the tragic night in question. Eventually, he tells a court-mandated counselor and therapist about a U.S. With the help of an international relief organization, he is sent to America, where he struggles to assimilate – foster family, school, a first love. military operation in an unnamed Muslim country. Jonas is fifteen when his family is killed during an errant U.S. An exceptional debut novel about a young Muslim war orphan whose family is killed in a military operation gone wrong, and the American soldier to whom his fate, and survival, is bound. ![]()
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