A faraway island /
Thor, Annika.
A faraway island / Annika Thor ; translated from the Swedish by Linda Schenck. - 1st American ed. - New York : Delacorte Press, c2009. - 247 p. ; 22 cm.
In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to join them in fleeing the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.
9780385736176 (hardcover) 9780385905909 (lib. bdg.) 9780375893704 (ebook)
2009015420
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Jews--Sweden--Fiction.
Islands--Fiction.
Sweden--History--20th century--Fiction.
PZ7.T3817 / Far 2009
[Fic]
A faraway island / Annika Thor ; translated from the Swedish by Linda Schenck. - 1st American ed. - New York : Delacorte Press, c2009. - 247 p. ; 22 cm.
In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to join them in fleeing the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.
9780385736176 (hardcover) 9780385905909 (lib. bdg.) 9780375893704 (ebook)
2009015420
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Jews--Sweden--Fiction.
Islands--Fiction.
Sweden--History--20th century--Fiction.
PZ7.T3817 / Far 2009
[Fic]