Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder medal for most oustanding children's book in translation. Escaping Nazi Germany on the kindertransport changes one girl's life forever At the start of World War II, ten-year-old Franziska Mangold is torn from her family when she boards the kindertransport in Berlin, the train that secretly took nearly 10,000 children out of Nazi territory to safety in England. Taken in by strangers who soon become more like family than her real parents, Frances (as she is w kwn) courageously pieces together a new life for herself because she doesn't kw when or if she'll see her true family again. Against the backdrop of war-torn London, Frances struggles with questions of identity, family, and love, and these experiences shape her into a dauntless, charming young woman. Originally published in Germany, Anne Voorhoeve's award-winning vel is filled with humor, danger, and romance.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers,US, Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN-10
0803733607
ISBN-13
9780803733602
eBay Product ID (ePID)
183977643
Product Key Features
Author
Anne C Voorhoeve
Format
Unsewn / Adhesive Bound,PAPER over Boards,With Dust Jacket, Hardback
Language
English
Additional Product Features
Translated by
Tammi Reichel
Author Biography
Anne C. Voorhoeve is an award-winning German novelist and screenwriter. She lives in Berlin, Germany. Tammi Reichel is an instructor of German at the University of Richmond and lives with her family in Virginia.