My Family for the War by Anne C Voorhoeve

My Family for the War by Anne C Voorhoeve

Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Won the Buxtehulde Bulle Prize for Youth Literature
Nominated for the Evangelischer Buchpreis
An ALSC Notable Children's Book
Kids' Indie Next List

Gripping WI fiction for fans of Code Name Verity and Between Shades of Gray

At the start of World War I, ten-year-old Franziska Mangold is torn from her family when she boards the kindertransport in Berlin, the train that secretly took nearly 10,000 children out of Nazi territory to safety in England. Taken in by strangers, Frances (as she is now called) courageously pieces together a new life for herself. But what will happen to her when she is finally reunited with her family, now that she's a stranger herself after seven years of war?

Originally published in Germany, Anne Voorhoeve's award-winning novel is filled with humor, danger, and romance.

* With the personal Kindertransport history, the intense drama about family, faith, guilt, love, and loyalty in wartime makes this an important addition to the Holocaust curriculum.
--Booklist, starred review

* Events and facts are expertly woven into the girl's emotional growth, and changing relationships . . . provide a rich exploration of identity and self. With a compelling main character and taut and insightful story line, this novel is sure to find no shortage of readers, and it adds a valuable perspective to collections of World War I fiction.

Anne C. Voorhoeve is an award-winning German novelist and screenwriter. She lives in Berlin, Germany.

Tammi Reichel is an instructor of German at the University of Richmond and lives with her family in Virginia.

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ISBN 13	9780803733602
ISBN 10	0803733607
Title	My Family for the War
Author	Anne C Voorhoeve
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2012-02-16
Number of pages	402
Prizes	Winner of Mildred L. Batchelder Award (Children's) 2013, Short-listed for Keystone to Reading Book Award (High School) 2014, Short-listed for Beehive Awards (Young Adult) 2015
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.