No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War
Anita Lobel
1998
I thought of the beautiful angel in the picture that had hung over our bed before the war. Her giant wings hovering over, almost enveloping two children crossing a bridge over a ravine. Please make my brother and me invisible. There are only a few more steps to take, and we will be with Niania, I thought. I prayed that Niania would just stand still…
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