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Honey Jar, The: An Armenian's Escape to Freedom
Joan Schoettler
Ages: 9+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Milk + Cookies/Bushel & Peck Books
ISBN: 978-1-63819-154-4
Keywords: persecution, Turks, loss, suffering, heirloom, migration
During his family's harrowing escape from Armenia in 192O, eight-year-old Bedros becomes responsible for his three sisters, but one of them gets lost. Do they ever reunite? Based on a true story. Free verse. Map. Author's note.