A faraway island
By: Annika Thor ; translated from the Swedish by Linda Schenck
Contributors: Schenck, Linda
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780385736176; 9780385905909; 9780375893704
Subjects: Jews; Juvenile fiction; Fiction; World War, 1939-1945; Sisters; Islands; Refugees; History
Work titles: En ö i havet
Description: In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to join them in fleeing the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.