Flowers for Sarajevo

Drasko and his father sold flowers in the marketplace of Sarajevo until war came to their part of the world, and Drasko's father had to leave to fight. Continuing on as best he could, Drasko observed the growing grimness of a city under siege, and witnessed a terrible atrocity the day that Sarajevo'......more

Originally reviewed for YA Books Central: [URL not allowed] Haunting and hopeful. The bombing one of the last working bakeries in the city of Sarajevo might have been remembered as just one more senseless act of violence at the height of a terrible ethnic war, if not for the ven......more

En primer lugar, gracias a Netgalley y Myrick Marketing & Media, LLC por compartir este libro. Esta historia se desarrolla en el marco del Sitio de Sarajevo (1992), cuando una panadería fue atacada y veinte personas fueron asesinadas; ahí un niño que vende flores observa y aprende sobre la compasión......more

I can still remember watching the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, especially that stunning performance of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean ice skating to Bolero, for which they earned perfect scores down the line. Yet, less than 10 years later, that once beautiful city was under siege by Ser......more

This is a beautiful picture book that shows the horrors of war and one musician's refusal to give up playing in the face of danger and terror. Told from the point of view of young Drasko, a boy selling flowers in the market square, this is the story of Vedran Smailovic, a cellist for the Sarajevo Op......more