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Book Review of A Time of Angels

A Time of Angels
A Time of Angels
Author: Karen Hesse
Genre: Children's Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


Set during World War I, this is the story of Hannah, a young girl who believes in angels. Hannah and her family--sisters Libbie and Eve and their Tanta Rose--are all victims of an influenza epidemic. Hannah is forced to leave her family and when she finally recovers from her illness her faith in the power of angels aids her in finding her family.
Sick with influenza during the 1918 epidemic and separated from her two sisters, a young Jewish girl living in Boston relies on the help of an old German man, and her visions of angels, to get better and to reunite herself with her family.