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My family for the war /

Before the start of World War II, ten-year-old Ziska Mangold, who has Jewish ancestors but has been raised as a Protestant, is taken out of Nazi Germany on one of the Kindertransport trains, to live in London with a Jewish family, where she learns about Judaism and endures the hardships of war while...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Voorhoeve, Anne C. (Author)
Other Authors: Reichel, Tammi (Translator), Benalcazar, Monica (Bookjacket designer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translation of: Liverpool Street.
Published: New York : Dial Books, 2012.
Subjects:
Into the arms of strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
World War, 1939-1945 > England > Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Juvenile fiction.
Jews > England > Juvenile fiction.
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Juvenile fiction.
Courage > Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain > History > George VI, 1936-1952 > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > England > Fiction.
Identity > Fiction.
Jews > England > Fiction.
Refugees > Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > George VI, 1936-1952 > Fiction.
Deutsches Mädchen
Jüdin
London
Courage.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Jews.
Refugees.
England.
Great Britain.
Holocaust, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Fiction. > Jews > England.
Holocaust, 1933-1945 > Fiction.
Fiction. > Identity (Psychology)
Historical fiction.
Fiction. > Refugees.
Fiction. > Holocaust, 1939-1945.
Great Britain > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Geschichte 1939-1945
1936-1952
Mildred L. Batchelder book award: Winner > 2013.
Family stories > 2012.
Jugendbuch.
Bildungsromane > 2012.
Dust jackets (Bindings) > 2012.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
War stories.
Young adult works.
War fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Children's stories.
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Summary:Before the start of World War II, ten-year-old Ziska Mangold, who has Jewish ancestors but has been raised as a Protestant, is taken out of Nazi Germany on one of the Kindertransport trains, to live in London with a Jewish family, where she learns about Judaism and endures the hardships of war while attempting to keep in touch with her parents, who are trying to survive in Holland.
Item Description:Originally published: Germany : Ravenburger Buchverlag, 2007.
Book design by Nancy R. Leo-Kelly ; jacket design by Monica Benalcazar.
Physical Description:402 pages ; 22 cm
Awards:American Library Association Notable Children's Bk
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for most outstanding children's book translated into English, 2013.
ISBN:9780803733602
0803733607
9780147511836
0147511836