num_pages: 192
description: When Naomi, a refugee child from Nazi-occupied Paris who acts 'crazy, ' moves into Alan Silverman's building in New York, he does his best to avoid her. They slowly develop a deep and touching friendship "Which] is a joy in this warming story with its heart-wrenching ending.One of the more honest approaches to the repercussions of WW II" --SLJFanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)1978 Children's Books of 1977 (Library of Congress)1969-1992 Best of the Best Books for Young Adults
language: English
title: Alan and Naomi
titlecomplete: Alan and Naomi
characters: Naomi Kirschenbaum, Alan Silverman
genres: Fiction, Historical, German Literature, School, Young Adult, Jewish, Read For School, Holocaust, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1498
places: New York (State)
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Buxtehuder Bulle, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Zilveren Griffel, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Preis der Leseratten des ZDF, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Children's Books (Paperback)
publisher: HarperColl