Seeking Refuge by Irene Watts
In this follow-up to their successful graphic novel, Goodbye Marianne, award-winning author, Irene Watts, and celebrated illustrator, Kathryn Shoemaker, explore the reality of a young refugee girl who flees Nazi Germany on a kindertransporte, taking Jewish children to safety in Britain, never to see her family again. Though lucky to be alive, Marianne is terribly lonely in her new home. She has to learn to speak English and she longs for her real family. This story will resonate with young people aware of the dire situation of refugees migrating through Europe today.
Irene N. Watts is a writer and a playwright who has worked throughout Canada and Europe. She is a life member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. Her play Lillie based on her novel, Flower, was awarded first prize in UNESCO's Biennial Playwriting Award for Adolescents in 2006. She is also the author of three award-winning novels about the Kindertransport; Good-bye Marianne, Remember Me, and Finding Sophie, which have all been published in the United Kingdom and translated into Italian. She also co-edited Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People with Lillian Boraks-Nemetz. Irene N. Watts lives in Vancouver.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781926890029 |
| ISBN 10 | 1926890027 |
| Title | Seeking Refuge |
| Author | Irene Watts |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Tradewind Books |
| Year published | 2016-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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