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

Thor, Annika. (Author). Schenck, Linda, (translator.).

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 with a foster mother who is cold and unforgiving.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780375844959
  • ISBN: 0375844953
  • Physical Description: 247 pages : maps ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First Yearling edition
  • Publisher: New York : Yearling, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translation of: En ö i havet.
Target Audience Note:
680L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 8 134016.

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World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Jews > Sweden > Juvenile fiction.
Islands > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Fiction.
Refugees > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Jews > Sweden > Fiction.
Islands > Fiction.
Sweden > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Sweden > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.

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Marion Library JUV THO (Text) 37810435024863 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/22/2026