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1 online resource (1 audio file (4hr., 26 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Sofia Bunting Newman. |
| Summary |
Fiction. Young Adult. THE OLD BROWN SUITCASE, an award winning book that has sold extraordinarily well both around the globe, now appears in a new edition by Ronsdale Press. The novel narrates the absorbing story of a young girl who survived the Holocaust against all odds. Slava, a fourteen-year-old teen, comes to Canada with her parents and sister and a suitcase filled with memories of a lost childhood, memories that now haunt her new life. She cannot forget the hunger, stench and disease in the Warsaw Ghetto, nor the fear and humiliation of being incarcerated behind a high brick wall. She cannot forget her extraordinary escape from the Ghetto, leaving behind her beloved parents and sister. Nor can she forget being swallowed up in a strange and unknown place to survive under a hidden identity. The story juxtaposes heart-wrenching scenes from a child's life in war-torn Poland with the life of a teenager trying to adjust to a new country in time of peace. In Canada, it is not easy for Slava to build a bridge between two cultures; nor is it easy to live with the turmoil of her immediate past. At the same time she must face the new challenges involved in being an immigrant, a Jew and a teenage girl. Historical notes on the Warsaw Ghetto and a bibliography for future reading have been appended for those who wish further insights. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Jews -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction.
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Jews -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
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Jews -- Poland -- Fiction.
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Jews -- Canada -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Bunting Newman, Sofia, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781927817841 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1927817846 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13591138 |
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