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The Story That Cannot Be Told

by J. Kasper Kramer
Jesse Vilinsky
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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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  • Release date

    October 8, 2019

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      • ISBN: 9781797100203
      • File size: 271127 KB
      • Duration: 09:24:50

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Jesse Vilinsky brings listeners into the months leading up to the Romanian Revolution of 1989. Ileana's life is in danger in the city, so she is sent to live with her grandparents. With the Socialists in power, anyone Ileana knows could be spying for the government, even in her grandparents' agrarian village. What gets Ileana through the day is stories; she loves writing them from scratch or fixing the endings she doesn't like in folktales. Vilinsky depicts Ileana's penchant for storytelling with an effervescence that lends itself to the magical realism in the story. Inexplicably, Ileana's accent seems American, while most characters sound Romanian. Still, this powerful audiobook will please fans of historical fiction and fantasy alike. S.P. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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