num_pages: 128
description: A personal powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust by one of this country's best-loved childrens authors. By turns charming shocking and heart-breaking this is the true story of Michael Rosens search for his relatives who 'went missing' during the Second World War - told through prose and poetry.When Michael was growing up stories often hung in the air about his great-uncles: one was a clock-mender and the other a dentist. They were there before the war his dad would say and werent after.Over many years Michael tried to find out exactly what happened: he interviewed family members scoured the internet pored over books and travelled to America and France. The story he uncovered was one of terrible persecution - and it has inspired his poetry for years since.Here poems old and new are balanced against an immensely listenable narrative; both an extraordinary account and a powerful tool for talking to children about the Holocaust.Supported and checked by the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education.
language: English
title: The Missing
publisher: WALKER BOOKS