This sweeping novel tells about a young refugee as he searches for identity, safe haven and truth, from the war-torn Caucasus to the freedom of France, over five arduous years. Both people and places are rendered fully with telling detail. Love and hope run deep through this layered examination of the human spirit.

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Published by Delacorte Press, and imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Originally published in French in 2009 as "Le Temps des Miracles."

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