The Lily Pond

Annika Thor, Linda Schenck

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Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
15 November 2012

Series: Faraway Island Series

"""Readers will want to know what happens next for the characters of this powerful series.""--The New York Times Book Review, for A Faraway Island--winner of the Batchelder Award. Now readers can do just that as The Lily Pond continues the fate of the Steiner sisters, two Jewish girls sent to Sweden during the Second World War.

AMildred L. Batchelder Honor Book and an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book, The Lily Pond continues the story of two Jewish sisters who left Austria during WWII/Holocaust and found refuge in Sweden.

A year after Stephie Steiner and her younger sister, Nellie, left Nazi-occupied Vienna, Stephie has finally adapted to life on the rugged Swedish island where her she now lives. But more change awaits Stephie- her foster parents have allowed her to enroll in school on the mainland, in Goteberg. Stephie is eager to go. Not only will she be pursuing her studies, she'll be living in a cultured city again--under the same roof as Sven, the son of the lodgers who rented her foster parents' cottage for the summer. Five years her senior, Sven dazzles Stephie with his charm, his talk of equality, and his anti-Hitler sentiments. Stephie can't help herself--she's falling in love. As she navigates a sea of new emotions, she also grapples with what it means to be beholden to others, with her constant worry about what her parents are enduring back in Vienna, and with the menacing spread of Nazi idealogy, even in Sweden. In these troubled times, her true friends, Stephie discovers, are the ones she least expected."

By: Annika Thor
Translated by: Linda Schenck
Imprint: Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9780385740401
ISBN 10: 0385740409
Series: Faraway Island Series
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 November 2012
Recommended Age: From 9 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.

Reviews for The Lily Pond

Booklist, December 1, 2011: A compelling look at World War II-era Sweden, this distinguished Holocaust story will resonate. Horn Book, January/February 2012: Stephie's story of adjustment to a new school and of a first crush is both specific and universal