Julek has assumed countless different identities, lived with numerous families, and worked as a secret agent for the Resistance. He was raised in an orphanage (despite having two mothers), and he knows how to speak the language of dogs. All this at the tender age of fourteen! Julek’s story begins in Warsaw on the eve of the Second World War and ends in Paris after the liberation of the city. We witness the darkest hours of the past century and the effects of war through the eyes of an extraordinary boy who never loses his sense of wonder. Julek’s adventure becomes an incredible lesson in survival. Equal parts Life Is Beautiful, The Diary of Anne Frank, and The Book Thief, Joanna Gruda’s English-language debut is a thoroughly original novel that will delight adult and young adult readers alike.

Joanna Gruda
Born in Poland, Joanna Gruda arrived in Trois-Rivières, Canada, by boat at the age of two. She acted in the theater and worked as a comedian for many years, and she is a translator and an editor. Revolution Baby is her debut novel.

• Aug 17 2014
  Historical Novel Society: " It is best taken slowly, savoring the innuendos and subtle political barbs along with Julek’s extraordinary adventures."
  
• Jun 1 2014
  The Independent: "funny and moving"
  
• May 27 2014
  BookPeople's Blog: "Succinct and sweet with moments of true wisdom."
  
• May 21 2014
  The Literary Tally: "Gruda is... an author with a wicked sense of humor, and the uncanny ability to get inside the brain of a precocious young boy."
  
• May 21 2014
  Desvario: "the invisible stories that most of us never realize could be told"