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EVA WISEMAN came to Canada from Hungary with her family when she was a girl. She began writing at a young age, and her first young adult novel, A Place Not Home, was a finalist for numerous awards across North America. Her subsequent novels--which include My Canary Yellow Star, Kanada, and The World Outside--have won the McNally Robinson Books for Young People Award, the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, and the prestigious Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. Kanada was also shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Text. Eva Wiseman lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The author lives in Winnipeg, MB.
PRAISE FOR Another Me It is a heart-rending tale based on actual events .... Readers will need the Kleenex for this one. --Kirkus Review .. . this offering will engage reluctant readers--even those who are normally averse to historical fiction. --School Library Journal Set against the backdrop of plague-ravaged Europe, this spellbinding new novel from one of Canada's foremost writers of historical fiction for young people will have readers racing to the electrifying climax. --49th Shelf (blog) Wiseman, an award-winning Canadian author, has turned a little-known moment in history into a thoughtful, humane page-turner. --Historical Novel Society [A] sense of inescapable fate drives a doomed and sorrowful tale, reminding readers that sometimes in the face of inalterable situations all we have are our good intentions and actions. --National Reading Campaign
