Fing's War

Benny Lindelauf, John Nieuwenhuitzen, Dasha Tolstikova

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English

Enchanted Lion Books
13 June 2019

Fantasy & magical realism (Children's&YA); Historical fiction (Children's&YA)

Age range 9+

Poised to win a scholarship to the nearby teachers college, Fing has high hopes. It's 1938 and her poor family of nine — one father, four brothers, three sisters, and a grandmother — has finally managed to eke out a living in the tiny cigar factory abutting their dilapidated home. But smelling success, her dreamer of a father is determined to expand and Fing's dreams fall apart when she instead has to go to work for the Cigar Emperor, taking care of his new, German wife's eccentric niece.

The novel's gripping language, enriched by Yiddish, German, and Dutch dialect, plunges the reader into the world of a large, colourful, motherless family as they navigate the changes World War II visits upon their little town on the border of the Netherlands and Germany.

By: Benny Lindelauf
Cover design or artwork by: Dasha Tolstikova
Translated by: John Nieuwenhuitzen
Imprint: Enchanted Lion Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781592702695
ISBN 10: 1592702694
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 13 June 2019
Recommended Age: From 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Benny Lindelauf is a multi-award-winning Dutch children's book author who has published twelve books in Holland, several of which have appeared in translation. He also teaches creative writing to adults and children. Nine Open Arms has been translated into six languages, including Czech and Korean, and both it and its Dutch sequel, Fing's War , have won several prestigious awards in the Netherlands. Imagination, wit and drama are crucial ingredients in Benny's stories, where the narrative is always woven together in an exceptional way. Lindelauf once said: ""Writing is like moving from one house to the next over and over again."" In Nine Open Arms, the writing moves through many rooms and houses, even worlds."