Sarah's+Key

[[image:Sarah's_key.jpg width="113" height="169" align="left"]]//Sarah's Key// by Tatiana DeRosnay http://www.tatianaderosnay.com/
Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours. Paris, May 2002: On Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. The more Julia discovers—especially about Sarah, the only member of the her family to survive—the more she uncovers about Bertrand's family, about France and, finally, herself.

I really enjoyed this book! For the most part the chapters go back and forth from 1942 to 2002 in different fonts. The tension really mounts as you want Julia to resolve, not only what happened to Sarah, but her own future. I could not put it down! Mrs. Howell