I loved Amerigo’s story, and I especially liked that it was based on true events. In the beginning I could tell it was translated into English but as the story went on I got so lost in it I didn’t notice. This was something I had no idea had occurred and I was fascinated to read about. In war torn Italy after World War II children are sent from the south to the north due to low resources following the war. Amerigo was 7 when he found out his mother had signed him up to be one of the children on the trains. The children were full of fear but what they found were well meaning communists who wanted to support and care for them. Unlike America’s orphan trains this story indicated it was genuinely done in the children’s best interests and it was well-organized so the children could return to their families as planned. Amerigo of course has struggles in adjusting but he learns that in addition to liking numbers he has some talent for music. The story is told in two big pieces, the winter Amerigo went away in 1946 and his later life in 1994.