White bird : a novel : a wonder story
Call Number
- J PALA (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022]
Physical Description
264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Summary
"Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comes crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival, and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation."--
Notes
This novelization is based on the graphic novel White Bird: A Wonder Story, text and illustrations copyright ©2019 by R. J. Palacio.
"Now a major motion picture"--Jacket (hardcover) and cover (paperback).
Subjects
- Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
- Jews > Juvenile fiction.
- Survival > Juvenile fiction.
- People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > France > Juvenile fiction.
- Grandmothers > Fiction.
- Jews > Fiction.
- Survival > Fiction.
- France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Juvenile fiction.