Nothing else but miracles - kate albus

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes another World War II story about three siblings on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

12-year-old Dory Byrne lives with her brothers on New York Citys Lower East Side, waiting impatiently through the darkest hours of World War II for her pop to come home from fighting Hitler.

Legally speaking, Dorys brother, Fish, isnt old enough to be in charge of Dory and her younger brother, Pike, but the neighborhood knows the score and, like Pop always says, the neighborhood will give you what you need.

Theres the lady from the bakery, who saves them leftover crullers.

The kind landlord who checks in on them.

And every Thursday night, the Byrnes enjoy a free bowl of seafood stew at Mr.

Caputos restaurant.

Which is where Dory learns about the hand-pulled elevator that is the only way to get to Caputos upper floors.

The elevator thats so creaky and ancient, nobodys been in it for decades.

Until now.

The Byrnes landlord dies unexpectedly and the new one is anything but kind.

When he catches on about Pop being gone, he turns the Byrnes in, hoping theyll be shipped off to an orphanage.

Dory and her brothers need a hideout, and suddenly the elevator and the abandoned hotel it leads to provide just the solution they need.

Based on a very real place in old New York and steeped in the history of the last year of World War II, Nothing Else but Miracles shows how, when things get tough, the neighborhood really will give you what you need.

and may even offer up a miracle or two in the process.

Kate Albus is the award-winning author of A Place to Hang the Moon , a JLG Gold Standard Selection, An Indie Pick, An ALSC Notable Childrens Book, A CCBC Choice book, and an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Winner.