Title: My family for the war /
Authors: Voorhoeve, Anne C.; Reichel, Tammi.; Dial Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Dial Books,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Kindertransport; Jüdin; Deutsches Mädchen.; World War, 1939-1945 England Juvenile fiction.; Identity (Philosophical concept) Juvenile fiction.; Jews England Juvenile fiction.; Refugees Juvenile fiction.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Juvenile fiction; World War, 1939-1945 England Fiction.; Identity Fiction.; Jews England Fiction.; Refugees Fiction.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Fiction.; London; Great Britain History Juvenile fiction.; Great Britain History Fiction.
Abstract: Before the start of World War II, ten-year-old Ziska Mangold, who has Jewish ancestors but has been raised as a Protestant, is taken out of Nazi Germany on one of the Kindertransport trains, to live in London with a Jewish family, where she learns about Judaism and endures the hardships of war while attempting to keep in touch with her parents, who are trying to survive in Holland.
Contents: Bk. one. Survival plan 1938-1939. Jumping ; Richard and Ruben ; Ziska's flight ; New plans ; The voyage ; The shepards ; Becoming Frances ; A cinema surprise ; Pesach -- book two. Blackout 1939-1940. News ; Evacuation ; Tail's end ; Enemies and friends ; Moving again ; Divided and united ; Leave ; Happy returns -- book three. Returning home 1941-1945. Lightfoot ; Lost ; Revelations ; Light ; The end of the war ; A phone call ; Mamu ; Epilogue.