| Description |
1 online resource (247 pages) |
| Summary |
In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to flee the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live. |
| Audience |
680 Lexile. |
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680L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 8 134016 |
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Accelerated Reader MG 4.4 8 134016 |
| Summary |
In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to join them in fleeing the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
World War (1939-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Fiction.
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Refugees -- Fiction.
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Sisters -- Fiction.
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Jews -- Sweden -- Fiction.
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Islands -- Fiction.
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Jews -- Sweden -- Juvenile fiction.
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Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
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Jews. |
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Refugees. |
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Sisters. |
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Sweden -- History -- Gustav V, 1907-1950 -- Fiction.
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Sweden -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Sweden. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schenck, Linda.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thor, Annika. Faraway island New York : Delacorte Press, c2009 9780385736176 (DLC) 2009015420 (OCoLC)310399735 |
| ISBN |
9780375893704 : $23.97 |
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0375893709 : $23.97 |
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