num_pages: 176
description: During World War II a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly life-threatening conditions.
language: English
title: The Island on Bird Street
titlecomplete: The Island on Bird Street
genres: Middle Grade, Jewish, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Young Adult, War, Fiction, Holocaust, World War II
ratings_count: 2286
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Batchelder Award, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Sydney Taylor Book Award
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Zilveren Griffel
publisher: Clarion Books