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Author Thor, Annika.

Title A faraway island / Annika Thor ; translated from the Swedish by Linda Schenck.

Publication Info. New York : Delacorte Press, 2009.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J THOR    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J FICTION THOR    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J F THOR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J THOR    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Children's Room  J THOR    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J THOR    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J THOR    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department  JUV. 839 ST487F    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J-THOR    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 247 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Awards Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for most outstanding children's book in translation, 2010
Summary In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to flee 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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 8.0 134016.
Subject 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.
Added Author Schenck, Linda.
Added Title En รถ i havet. English
ISBN 9780385736176
0385736177
0385905904
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