Cal Orey
Cal Orey, co-author.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A local author has taken part in writing a new young adult novel which takes place during World War II.
“The Caged Bird Sings“ is told from the perspective of Benjamin Cohen, a 13-year-old Jewish boy living in France at the start of the occupation. Benjamin lives in the shadow of his doctor father and his older brother, Emile, who is following in their father’s steps by attending medical school.
Benjamin finds refuge in the neighborhood Catholic cathedral where he is taught to play carillon, a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least bronze bells in fixed suspension.
Cal Orey is a South Lake Tahoe resident who is more well-known for her food and beverage books and columns. She frequently ghost writes for authors, so when The Caged Bird Sings’ author James Channing Shaw approached her to help with this novel, she was happy to oblige.
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