I found this book so compelling that I could not put it down. The story is based on a real book -- the Sarajevo Haggadah. But it so much more than a story of the survival of a particular book. It is in essence the story of survival of people. Not just the Jews, who are popularly known as the &quot;people of the book,&quot; but of humanity in general. It is a book of hope -- that as long as good people exist AND take a stand the world will endure.