FROM SARAH:

I'm always on the lookout for "stories that really happened just like that" for my history-loving daughter, Clara. This is one we added to our permanent collection!

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

A true-life story set in Budapest during the dark days of World War II explains how the people of the city--despite the cold, lack of food, and wartime hardships--devised a plan to save their beloved hippos in the zoo.