The story of Samuel's Jewish family - his grandfather Elias with his sad and painful past, his quirky sister Theodora who is forever taking notes for her diary, and his often confused and nervous mother. Samuel writes down his past, finds himself and somehow sets his grandfather free.
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Winner of the 1995 New South Wales Premier's Ethnic Affairs Commission Award and a Children's Book Council of Australia Honour Book (Older Readers), 1996.