Have you seen Luis Velez?
Record details
- ISBN: 1643584219
- ISBN: 9781643584218
- ISBN: 9781643584218 : LIB
- ISBN: 1643584219 : LIB
- Physical Description: 500 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn't belong. Not with his mother's new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father's wife. Not at school, where he's an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he's tamed and to a blind 92-year-old woman in his building who's introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez? Mildred Gutermann, a German Jew who narrowly escaped the Holocaust, has been alone since her caretaker disappeared. She turns to Raymond for help, and as he tries to track Luis down, a deep and unexpected friendship blossoms between the two. Despondent at the loss of Luis, Mildred isolates herself further from a neighbourhood devolving into bigotry and fear. Determined not to let her give up, Raymond helps her see that for every terrible act the world delivers, there is a mirror image of deep kindness, and Mildred helps Raymond see that there's hope if you have someone to hold on to. |
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Subject: | Large type books Missing persons Fiction Social isolation Fiction Friendship Fiction Older people Fiction Teenage boys Fiction |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 6 of 7 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 7 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rockville Public Library | F HYD (Text) | 34035145852261 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |