Just a girl : a true story of World War II /

"1938, Italy. Six-year-old Lia loves to build sandcastles at the beach and her biggest problem is her shyness and quiet, birdlike voice -- until prime minister Mussolini joins forces with Hitler in World War II, and everything changes. Now there are laws saying Jewish children can't go to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Levi, Lia, 1931- (Author)
Other Authors:	Mason, Jess (Illustrator), Notini, S. (Sylvia) (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translation of: Una bambina e basta.
Published:	New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
Edition:	First U.S. edition.
Subjects:	Levi, Lia, > 1931- > Juvenile literature. Levi, Lia, > 1931- Jewish children in the Holocaust > Biography > Juvenile literature. Jews > Persecutions > Italy > Juvenile literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Italy > Juvenile literature. Jewish children in the Holocaust. Jews > Biography. Jews > Persecutions > Italy. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Italy. Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Juifs > Persécutions > Italie > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Italie > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical. JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Holocaust. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Religion / Judaism. Jews > Persecutions. Italy. 1939-1945 Autobiographies. Autobiography. Biography. illustrated books. Biographies. Illustrated works. Juvenile works. Ouvrages illustrés.

Table of Contents:

One summer at the seaside
Bye-bye school
Jewish school
Papa "Loses" his job
Boom! Boom! The war is here!
The fog in Milan
The skyscraper in Rome
Nonna Teresa's surprise
Nanny Maria
Mussolini's gone (But it's only a trick)
The plan
One morning in October
Winter with the nuns
Pina and Spepetto
When are we going home?
Finally! Time to go home!
Just a girl
A letter from the other side of the ocean.