Ashes Author:Kathryn Lasky Berlin, 1932. Thirteen-year-old Gabriella Schramm's world is slowly, but steadily, crumbling as Adolf Hitler rises to power. The only thing that soothes Gabriella is her favorite pastimeÑreading. But then her country's tensions rise, the streets fill with soldiers, GabyÕs sister's boyfriend raises his arm in a heil Hitler salute, and a family fr... more »iendÑAlbert EinsteinÑflees the country. And her only solaceÑher booksÑcome under attack. Will Gaby have to leave behind the storiesÑand the lifeÑthat she has always loved?« less