# Nothing Else But Miracles

**Author:** Kate Albus
**Grade range:** Grades 3–7
**Age range:** 8–13
**First published:** 2023
**Genre:** Historical Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780823460663`
**ISBN-10:** `0823460665`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/nothing-else-but-miracles
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

During World War II, twelve-year-old Dory Byrne and her brothers, left on their own on Manhattan's Lower East Side, discover an abandoned hotel that becomes a refuge. Kate Albus tells a warm story about found family and resourcefulness. Nominated for the 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award (grades 3-5), administered by the South Carolina Association of School Librarians.

## Themes

- family
- history
- resourcefulness

## Where this book is assigned

### South Carolina Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)

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