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The lily pond / Annika Thor ; translated from the Swedish by Linda Schenck.

Van Pelt Library PT9877.3.H625 N3313 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Thor, Annika, author.
Contributor:
Schenck, Linda, translator.
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Standardized Title:
Näckrosdammen. English
Language:
English
Swedish
Subjects (All):
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Refugees.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship.
Göteborg (Sweden)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Göteborg (Sweden).
Sweden--History--Gustav V, 1907-1950.
Sweden.
Jews--Sweden--Juvenile fiction.
Jews.
Schools--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Jews--Sweden--Fiction.
Göteborg (Sweden)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Sweden--History--Gustav V, 1907-1950--Fiction.
Sweden--Göteborg.
Genre:
Fiction
History
Juvenile works
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Physical Description:
217 pages ; 20 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Yearling Books, 2011.
Summary:
Having left Nazi-occupied Vienna a year ago, thirteen-year-old Jewish refugee Stephie Steiner adapts to life in the cultured Swedish city of Gothenburg, where she attends school, falls in love, and worries about her parents who were not allowed to emigrate.
Notes:
Sequel to: A faraway island.
"Originally published in Swedish as Näckrosdammen by Bonnier Carlsen, Stockholm, in 1997"--Title page verso.
Batchelder Honor book, 2012.
ISBN:
9780385740401
0385740409
OCLC:
1482764590
Publisher Number:
99990724877

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