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Eyes Open

Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Ages: 14+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab®/Lerner

ISBN: 979-8-7656-1011-4

Keywords: Historical Fiction-Patriarchy, Class struggle, Novels in verse, Political activism

In 1960s Portugal, Sónia longs to become a poet, but her activist boyfriend's arrest by the dictatorial government forces her to leave school and work in a laundry. Mature content