Multigenerational, Peer Pressure, Values & Virtues, Holocaust, Social Issues 

"Sometimes, even nothing is something." Lea is a thirteen-year-old girl with the usual problems: family, friends, grades, and boys. It doesnt seem fair that she has to share a room with her little sister when her great-aunt Anya comes for an extended visit. As if that werent enough, her best friends at school are fighting among themselves, and Lea has to choose between staying loyal and staying popular. When Lea discovers a tape her aunt Anya has recorded, she learns of a time in history she can barely imagine. Anya, a survivor of the Holocaust, becomes Leas wise and caring mentor, from whom Lea learns the value of personal courage. Anyas Echoes is a warm, funny, touching, and important young adult novel about things that matter to all of usat any age. - from Amzon