Title: A faraway island
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.
Subjects: Jews, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Sisters, Islands, Refugees, History, Swedish fiction, Translations into English, Historical fiction, Jewish children, Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Places: Sweden
Time periods: Gustav V, 1907-1950