The Cat I Never Named

The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess with Laura L. Sullivan

Text from the back cover:

In 1992, Amra was a teen in Bihac, Bosnia, when her best friend said they couldn't speak anymore.  Her friend didn't say why, but Amra knew the reason: Amra was Muslim.  Refugees from other Bosnian cities started arriving, fleeing Serbian persecution.  When the tanks rolled into Bihac, Amra's life in her peaceful city vanished.  But Amra discovered light in the warm, bonfire eyes of a stray 

cat.  The calico had followed the refugees into the city.  At first, Amra doesn't want to bother with a stray.  But after a few near miracles when the cat seems to save the family, how could they turn her away?

 Visit Amra Sabic-El-Rayess' faculty page at Columbia University.

Ms. Sharp's quick review:  A teen's view of war and it's destruction, but there is always hope.