Written by Henriqueta Cristina
Illustrated by Yara Kono
Translated from Portuguese by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
A 2018 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner
In search of a freer place where every child can go to school, a family moves from Fascist Portugal to Communist Czechoslovakia. Different as this new country is, however, it is far from ideal. In this new, gray world, the lack of freedom is felt in the simplest things, such as the colors one can and cannot wear.
