Under a Red Sky is a 2010 memoir by Haya Leah Molnar about the life of a young Jewish girl living in Communist Romania. The full name of the book is Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania
AuthorHaya Leah Molnar
LanguageEnglish
Published2010
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN9780374318406

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Under a Red Sky received reviews from sources including the Jewish Book Council,[1] Publishers Weekly,[4] and Kirkus Reviews.[5] The reviews were generally positive.

The book won the Sydney Taylor Book Award in 2011 as a Notable Book for Teen Readers,[7][8] the National Jewish Book Award for Children's and young adults' literature in 2010,[9] and was Bank Street's Best Children's Book of the Year in 2011.[10][11]

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  1. ^ a b Kramer, Lauren. "Review of Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Pickus, Abigail. "Back to Bucharest". Lilith. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Ingall, Marjorie (November 29, 2010). "Children of the Book". Tablet. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Children's Book Review: Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania". Publishers Weekly. March 29, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Under a Red Sky". Kirkus Reviews. January 7, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  6. ^ "Living Energy Interviews Haya Leah Molnar, author of "Under a Red Sky"". BlogTalkRadio. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  7. ^ "Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania". Jewish Learning Matters. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "The Association of Jewish Libraries - Sydney Taylor Book Awards" (PDF). Association of Jewish Libraries. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  9. ^ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  10. ^ "Under a Red Sky". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  11. ^ "Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania - Awards & Honors". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
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