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Two Suns in the Sky

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This book was soooooooo good! For one thing it was kind of like a teenage version of Romeo and Juliet, and for another thing it had true facts about World War Two (which I think is very interesting). Especially if you're a teenager, you will definitely be able to relate to the changes Adam and Chris go through during very rough times. For young adults, this book is easy to understand and intriguing at the same time. It has a great way of teaching WW2 facts while telling a romantic story. I would even recommend this book to adults!

TWO SUNS IN THE SKY is a fascinating read for YA and adults alike. Set in Oswego, New York during World War II, the novel juxtaposes the lives of European refugees housed in the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario and those of suburban Americans through the eyes of a teen-age refugee and a local high school student. The setting and events of the novel are based on factual events that are both well researched and well presented. The main character, Chris, a local schoolgirl, is interesting and dynamic as she navigates the changes wrought in her life by family dynamics, maturation, love and war. The presence of a refugee camp in her home town provides conflict on personal, community and global levels. Adam, a teenage refugee living in the camp, has survived the turmoil of war, arriving at the camp amid confusion and loss. The two young people learn much about life and growing up as their relationship develops. Not a trite romance, this novel presents complex and engaging characters struggling to make sense of their lives as the world changes drastically around them. I would highly recommend this book

The only thing I can say is Wow! Everything is wonderful and Bat-Ami is an exceptional authoress! It is like a modern day version of Romeo and Juliet, even better in some aspects! Everything seems so real and that it could have really happened! Some parts are sad, while others uplifting. Shows the true meaning, emotions, and just plain everything about a true love story! There are also some good facts about WWII, but that's not really why I read the book. The plot entrigued me. The end left me begging for more. So, if your out there reading somewhere Bat-Ami, you are a WONDERFUL AUTHORESS!

Bat-Ami has written a beautiful story about teenage love during the trying times of World War II. She captures the emotions of her two main characters, Chris and Adam, through the use of alternating between their views and thoughts. She gives us two different worlds and shows us how they can become one. Bat-Ami did a wonderful job on teaching her audience the history of the refugee camp in Osewego, New York and of World War II. Her use of the emotions, events of the time and the passion of love between two teenagers, will make you laugh, cry, dream and hope of finding peace, love and happiness.

Being from Oswego, New York, which is where this fabulous story is set, I could actually see the places and things that the author was talking about in her story. Bat-Ami has written a compelling love story that actually tells about an important place and time in history. This is truly one of the best books I have ever read.

Dr. Bat-Ami's characters and story go back to the mid-1940's, but they really are just as relevant and contemporary as today. Teens strugling with their identity, the crazy world around them, and the wonder and intolerance of diversity are probably timeless themes. My dad survived the Holocaust. He was not one of the Oswego refugees. At age 17, I moved to Oswego to go to college. I consider it my hometown. Bat-Ami's story tugs at my heart-strings a bit more than it may at yours, but for us all, it's a wonderful read.

This a story of a young girl, Christine Cook who is experiencing her first love with a boy named Adam. It just so happens to be a forbidden first love. Adam has just arrived at a refugee camp in Oswego, New York for Jewish people fleeing from Yugoslavia. Christine is forbidden to go to the refugee camp by her father. She disobeys his wishes and becomes friends with Adam. She soon develops her first crush on him. She gets an indescribable feeling when she is with him and soon discovers that she is in love with him. Through the school year she continually sneaks to the refugee camp to see him, until they both finally realize that they can not continue seeing each other because of the harm it is causing Christine's family.
This is an amazing book for young girls who are experiencing their first love. The story is beautifully told with out containing any graphic material and leaving just enough to the imagination. Christine shows girls how to deal with the insecurities they are facing in their lives. Christine's true self is portrayed by being described as strong, and adventurous, which both of these apply to many teenage girls. I think all teen girls should read this book by Miriam Bat-Ami, because of the adventure it sends you on as a reader and the ending that seems very appropriate.

I don't know about this book but it's on the curriculum for my juniors in my high school. Anyway, I found it to be kind of mildly immature. I felt Christine's father was just a caricature of anti-Semite with no real purpose as to be the only obstacle between her and Adam. I felt that the author knew that this Jewish Romeo and Catholic Juliet was never going to get together anyway. Despite all the love between them, it's not enough to over cultural wars and religious differences. Not that Christine and Adam were so religious to begin with and sadly situations like this happened and hopefully we can go past them but it's hard when the author never tells us what happened to them after they separate. I felt kind of insulted when there was a Bible quiz after Thanksgiving Dinner written in the novel was ridiculous. Maybe not in Oswego but in Bible Country but in upstate New York. I felt that Adam and Christine only imagined a wonderful relationship because it was so foreign for both of them. You wonder would it have been bad if they got together even with religious differences aside. Love is love, it has no color, religion, or gender and I'll leave it that. Love has no agenda but society does.

Two Suns in the Sky by Miriam Bat-Ami is a wonderful story about first love and tolerance. The setting and events in the novel are based on factual events. The story is set during World War II. Jewish refugees come to the United States and stay at a refugee camp. Located at the site of Fort Ontario, a decommissioned army base, the Emergency Refugee Center served as a holding center for refugees until plans were finalized for their return to Europe or resettlement in the United States. This book is exciting, sad and it represents the reality of life for Jews during the War.

Miriam Bat-Ami has done an amazing job with the characters and setting. Her use of parallel voices chronicles both the problems of Jewish refugees and the responses to the refugees by Americans living near the shelter. She reinforces many of the themes and conflicts in the book by introducing each chapter with quotes from former refugees or other historical personages.

Two Suns in the Sky was written by Miriam Bat-Ami. This wonderfully written book takes you on an adventureb through first character. Often switching from the refugee Adam to the american Christien but she prefers to be called Chris. In the beginning of the stroy through Adam's view you find out that his brother,father, and grandmother have been gone for a long time. He says an ad saying that you can come to the states for safety. After a long time with his mother she finally decides to take Adam and his sister to the states for safety. When you get to Chris's view in the beginning you find that she is a girl longing to be kissed and wishes for adventure. She wants to join the WAC and actually do something for the war.
As the story continues chris and aadm finally meet. As a kind gesture Chris puts her bike over the fence for Adam's lil sister to use. The press tries to put her on the news but she hides from them knowing that if her dad found out that if she ever showed up at the camp she would be grounded. Through mutual friends she has gotten to know and love Adam. she spends many hours in the refugee camp making friends and finding out that many people have suffered more than she probably ever will. For a while she meets Adam every day in the library. But when her dad finds out that she has been seeing him he gets furious and says that she can never see that refugee again. She keeps on going to her secret visits with him. But after awhile she finally admits all of this in confession and agrees to never do it again. How will this come to end. Will she ever get to love Adam again or is their relationship doomed to end? Yo find out read this beautiful love story called Two Suns in the Sky.