Alan and Naomi

When Naomi, a refugee child from Nazi-occupied Paris who acts ‘crazy,’ moves into Alan Silverman’s building in New York, he does his best to avoid her. They slowly develop a deep and touching friendship "[which] is a joy [in] this warming story with its heart-wrenching ending. One of the more honest approaches to the repercussions of WW II" —SLJ. 1978 Boston Globe—Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction 1978 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book) 1978 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor Book Children's Books of 1977 (Library of Congress) 1969-1992 Best of the Best Books for Young Adults