Book Review: The Orphan from Verona, by Siobhan Daiko

Available from Amazon UK and Amazon US Verona, 1944. When an air raid strikes Elisa's home, she is left with nothing but the clothes on her back, the teddy bear clutched in her arms and her beloved older brother. Traumatised into silence, six-year-old Elisa can no longer speak and relies on Robi to guide her through this war-torn world. Siobhan Daiko’s The Orphan from Veron a balances human drama…