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A Faraway Island

Annika Thor Linda Schenck

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English
Random House Inc
15 September 2011
Winner of the Batchelder Award, this beautiful novel about war, displacement, identity, and the universal joys and sorrows of growing up enriches the literature of the Jewish experience during the Second World War.

Two Jewish sister leave Austria during WWII/Holocaust and find refuge in Sweden.

It's the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna-12-year-old Stephie Steiner and seven-year-old Nellie-are sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis. They expect to stay there six months, until their parents can flee to Amsterdam; then all four will go to America. But as the world war intensifies, the girls remain, each with her own host family, on a rugged island off the western coast of Sweden. Nellie quickly settles in to her new surroundings. Not so for Stephie, who finds it hard to adapt; she feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who's as unforgiving as the island itself. It's no wonder Stephie doesn't let on that the most popular girl at school becomes her bitter enemy, or that she endures the wounding slights of certain villagers. Her main worry, though, is her parents-and whether she will ever see them again.
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Imprint:   Random House Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 192mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   210g
ISBN:   9780375844959
ISBN 10:   0375844953
Series:   Faraway Island Series
Pages:   256
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Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

ANNIKA THOR's bestselling quartet featuring the Steiner sisters has been translated into numerous languages and was adapted into a hugely popular television series in Sweden.

  • Winner of ALA Notable Children's Book 2010
  • Winner of ALA Notable Children's Book.
  • Winner of Mildred L. Batchelder Award Winner 2010
  • Winner of NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2010

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