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Book

The girl who sang : a Holocaust memoir of hope and survival

Call Number

  • J GRAPHIC NOVEL 940.5318 NADE (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW, WSQ)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Roaring Brook Press, 2024.

Physical Description

244 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm

Audience

Ages: 10-14.

Summary

"Born to a Jewish family in a small Polish village, Estelle Nadel-then known as Enia Feld-was just seven years old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. Once a vibrant child with a song for every occasion, Estelle would eventually lose her voice as, over the next five years, she would survive the deaths of their mother, father, their eldest brother and sister, and countless others. A child at the mercy of her neighbors during a terrifying time in history, The Girl Who Sang is an enthralling first-hand account of Estelle's fight for survival during World War II. She would weather loss, betrayal, near-execution, and spend two years away from the warmth of the sun-all before the age of eleven. And once the war was over, Estelle would walk barefoot across European borders and find remnants of home in an Austrian displaced persons camp before finally crossing the Atlantic to arrive in New York City-a young woman carrying the unseen scars of war." --

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