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A timely and powerful timeslip story inspired by the author's family in Budapest during the Holocaust
Twelve-year-old Louie lives with her brothers, Bert and Teddy, and their Hungarian grandparents, in the Majestic Boutique Hotel, an old-world establishment surrounded by magnolia trees and an aura of peace. But when Louie finds an old rose-gold locket covered in mysterious writing, she learns that it isn't just the magnolias her grandparents have carefully cultivated at the Majestic - with their peace and tranquility comes secrets they would prefer remain buried.
And as Louie and her brothers attempt to discover the truth, they are thrown back in time to 1944, into the middle of their grandparents' experiences in Nazi-occupied Budapest.
The old locket holds the secrets of the young heroes of Budapest's secret Jewish underground, and the history Louie's grandparents want to keep hidden. And until these secrets are revealed, there can be no peace for anyone - in the past, present or future.
Twelve-year-old Louie lives with her brothers, Bert and Teddy, and their Hungarian grandparents, in the Majestic Boutique Hotel, an old-world establishment surrounded by magnolia trees and an aura of peace. But when Louie finds an old rose-gold locket covered in mysterious writing, she learns that it isn't just the magnolias her grandparents have carefully cultivated at the Majestic - with their peace and tranquility comes secrets they would prefer remain buried.
And as Louie and her brothers attempt to discover the truth, they are thrown back in time to 1944, into the middle of their grandparents' experiences in Nazi-occupied Budapest.
The old locket holds the secrets of the young heroes of Budapest's secret Jewish underground, and the history Louie's grandparents want to keep hidden. And until these secrets are revealed, there can be no peace for anyone - in the past, present or future.