
Twelve-year-old Moshe Minsky knows every creaking floorboard and sour smell of his tenement building. Life is tough, but the arrival of his mysterious Uncle Dragomir, speaking a language his mother swore to forget, makes it tougher. Soon the boy's familiar world begins to crack.
Between his father's late-night absences, his mother's exhausting piecework, and the bruises from neighborhood bullies, Moshe dreams of escape. His chance comes through Skinny Pete and his gang who offer him a simple deal: help them steal from the uptown snobs, and they'll help him get revenge on his tormentors.
Moshe moves between the bustling Schlotsky's Deli, where the owner's daughter leaves him speechless, and the dangerous urban streets, where he discovers that choosing between right and wrong isn't as simple as he thought. When a risky scheme against a violent anti-Semite goes wrong, Moshe must decide if revenge is worth becoming the very thing his family fled Russia to escape.
A haunting coming-of-age story, Little Lion explores the thin line between survival and morality, the weight of family secrets, and the price we pay for the choices we make.
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