A Faraway Island
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385736176 (0385736177)
Publish date: November 10th 2009
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Series: En ö i havet (#1)
During World War II, many Jewish children were sent to other countries and placed with families to keep them safe. Stephie and Nellie were two of those children. They end up on a small island and with two different families. At first glance, Nellie is in the warm, loving family and Stephie ends up w...
Not quite what I expected when I started this, but still quite interesting. A good look at what some of the children had to deal with during the war when they were evacuated to live with strangers. This one took it from a different view, in that the children were going to Sweden from Germany, not be...