Oh this beautiful book. Oh my heart. I’ve been saving NOTHING ELSE BUT MIRACLES as a reward for turning in a major project. I loved Kate Albus’s firstOh this beautiful book. Oh my heart. I’ve been saving NOTHING ELSE BUT MIRACLES as a reward for turning in a major project. I loved Kate Albus’s first book so much. I am mad at myself for not reading it sooner, thrilled that it was the perfect reward read, and happy—because, if there is one thing this book does extremely well, it makes you happy. Like, grinning through the tears, “it’s so beautiful” happy.
With their Pop away fighting in WWII and their meanie new landlord threatening to call social services, Dory and her brothers run away a hidden hotel —accessible only by a dumbwaiter and boarded up for more than 50 years (and based on a real place! See the author’s note at the end of the book!). Pop always said, “The neighborhood will give you what you need,” but when his letters (and the money he sends) stop coming, the three siblings must band together stronger than ever—and hope for a miracle or two. Set during the last year of WWII, this book reads like a love letter to the human kindness that emerges during times of great strife and upheaval....more