The Book of Jonas by Stephen Dau

   

In The Book of Jonas, I enjoyed Stephen Dau's simply written tale. After a traumatic experience in his homeland forces him to flee to the mountains, Jonas suddenly finds himself in America - a boy with dark skin and an accent and a horrible secret. When the mother of American soldier who saved him starts asking questions he cannot answer, the truth of his past reaches out to grab him.

About halfway through this book I could not stop reading.  Like so many well-crafted novels, small hints at what really happened started popping up in Jonas' stories and memories. I wanted to know - I had to know! - what happened between the time Jonas arrived on the mountain wounded and barely alive, and when he woke up in a hospital and chose to go to America.