The Story That Cannot Be Told

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  • A
  • powerful
  • middle
  • grade
  • debut
  • that
  • weaves
  • together
  • folklore
  • and
  • history
  • to
  • tell
  • the
  • story
  • of
  • a
  • girl
  • finding
  • her
  • voice
  • and
  • the
  • strength
  • to
  • use
  • it
  • during
  • the
  • final
  • months
  • of
  • the
  • Communist
  • regime
  • in
  • Romania
  • in
  • 1989.Ileana
  • has
  • always
  • collected
  • stories.
  • Some
  • are
  • about
  • the
  • past,
  • before
  • the
  • leader
  • of
  • her
  • country
  • tore
  • down
  • her
  • home
  • to
  • make
  • room
  • for
  • his
  • golden
  • palace;
  • back
  • when
  • families
  • had
  • enough
  • food,
  • and
  • the
  • hot
  • water
  • worked
  • on
  • more
  • than
  • just
  • Saturday
  • nights.
  • Others
  • are
  • folktales
  • like
  • the
  • one
  • she
  • was
  • named
  • for,
  • which
  • her
  • father
  • used
  • to
  • tell
  • her
  • at
  • bedtime.
  • But
  • some
  • stories
  • can
  • get
  • you
  • in
  • trouble,
  • like
  • the
  • dangerous
  • one
  • criticizing
  • Romania’s
  • Communist
  • government
  • that
  • Uncle
  • Andrei
  • published—right
  • before
  • he
  • went
  • missing.Fearing
  • for
  • her
  • safety,
  • Ileana’s
  • parents
  • send
  • her
  • to
  • live
  • with
  • the
  • grandparents
  • she’s
  • never
  • met,
  • far
  • from
  • the
  • prying
  • eyes
  • and
  • ears
  • of
  • the
  • secret
  • police
  • and
  • their
  • spies,
  • who
  • could
  • be
  • any
  • of
  • the
  • neighbors.
  • But
  • danger
  • is
  • never
  • far
  • away.
  • Now,
  • to
  • save
  • her
  • family
  • and
  • the
  • village
  • she’s
  • come
  • to
  • love,
  • Ileana
  • will
  • have
  • to
  • tell
  • the
  • most
  • important
  • story
  • of
  • her life.
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