BatchelderThe Lily Pond
Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor
Book · Middle Grade
A Faraway Island
written by Annika Thor, translated by Linda Schenck
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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.
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