num_pages: 195
description: Hanna Slivka is on the cusp of fourteen when Hitler's army crosses the border into Soviet-occupied Ukraine. Soon the Gestapo closes in determined to make the shtetele she lives in free of Jews. Until the German occupation Hanna spent her time exploring Kwasova with her younger siblings admiring the drawings of the handsome Leon Stadnick and helping her neighbor dye decorative pysanky eggs. But now she Leon and their families are forced to flee and hide in the forest outside their shteteleand then in the dark caves beneath the rolling meadows rumored to harbor evil spirits. Underground they battle sickness and starvation while the hunt continues above. When Hannas father disappears suddenly its up to Hanna to find himand to find a way to keep the rest of her family and friends alive.Sparse resonant and lyrical weaving in tales of Jewish and Ukrainian folklore My Real Name Is Hanna celebrates the sustaining bonds of family the beauty of a helping hand and the tenacity of the human spirit.National Jewish Book Award FinalistThe Julia Ward Howe Award for Young ReadersFlorida Book Award and Foreword INDIES Award-Gold MedalsSkipping Stones Honor Award
language: English
title: My Real Name Is Hanna
publisher: Mandel Vilar Press