A Faraway Island: Book 1 of 4: Faraway Island
by Annika Thor
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0375844953
- ISBN 13
- 9780375844959
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Two Jewish sister leave Austria during WWII/Holocaust and find refuge in Sweden.
It's the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna—12-year-old Stephie Steiner and seven-year-old Nellie—are sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis. They expect to stay there six months, until their parents can flee to Amsterdam; then all four will go to America. But as the world war intensifies, the girls remain, each with her own host family, on a rugged island off the western coast of Sweden.
Nellie quickly settles in to her new surroundings. Not so for Stephie, who finds it hard to adapt; she feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who's as unforgiving as the island itself. It's no wonder Stephie doesn't let on that the most popular girl at school becomes her bitter enemy, or that she endures the wounding slights of certain villagers. Her main worry, though, is her parents—and whether she will ever see them again.
It's the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna—12-year-old Stephie Steiner and seven-year-old Nellie—are sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis. They expect to stay there six months, until their parents can flee to Amsterdam; then all four will go to America. But as the world war intensifies, the girls remain, each with her own host family, on a rugged island off the western coast of Sweden.
Nellie quickly settles in to her new surroundings. Not so for Stephie, who finds it hard to adapt; she feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who's as unforgiving as the island itself. It's no wonder Stephie doesn't let on that the most popular girl at school becomes her bitter enemy, or that she endures the wounding slights of certain villagers. Her main worry, though, is her parents—and whether she will ever see them again.
Synopsis
Annika Thor ’s novel, A Faraway Island, is the first book in a quartet featuring the Steiner sisters. The books were bestsellers in Sweden and were adapted into a popular television series. She lives in Stockholm.
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- Bookseller
- Lemolo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1521
- Title
- A Faraway Island
- Author
- Annika Thor
- Format/Binding
- As new, but slight yellowing to th end pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0375844953
- ISBN 13
- 9780375844959
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Date Published
- 2011-09-13
- Pages
- 247
- Keywords
- refugee, 1939, sweden, jewish sisters,
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- Middle Grade Kids Books;
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