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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310399735 Title: A faraway island Author: Annika Thor; Linda Schenck Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2009] ©2009 ISBN/ISSN: 9780385736176 0385736177 9780385905909 0385905904 9780375893704 0375893709 9780375844959 0375844953 9780329776121 0329776126 OCLC:310399735

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A faraway island

Author:	Annika Thor; Linda Schenck
Publisher:	New York : Delacorte Press, [2009] ©2009
Edition/Format:	Print book : Elementary and junior high school : Fiction : English : First American editionView all editions and formats
Summary:	In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to join them in fleeing 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.
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Subjects	World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction. World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Fiction. Refugees -- Fiction. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Historical fiction Mildred L. Batchelder book award: Winner Fiction Juvenile works Juvenile fiction
Material Type:	Elementary and junior high school, Fiction
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Annika Thor; Linda Schenck Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780385736176 0385736177 9780385905909 0385905904 9780375893704 0375893709 9780375844959 0375844953 9780329776121 0329776126
OCLC Number:	310399735
Notes:	Companion book: Deep sea.
Awards:	Mildred L. Batchelder Award for most outstanding children's book in translation, 2010. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010.
Description:	247 pages ; 22 cm
Other Titles:	En ö i havet.
Responsibility:	Annika Thor ; translated from the Swedish by Linda Schenck.

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In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to join them in fleeing 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.

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