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The Lily Pond

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Lily Pond
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Annika Thor
Translated by Linda Schenck
SeriesFaraway Island Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 194,Width 133
Category/GenreCombat sports and self-defence
ISBN/Barcode 9780385740401
ClassificationsDewey:FIC
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
Publication Date 13 November 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

AMildred L. Batchelder Honor Book and an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book, The Lily Pond continues the story of two Jewish sisters who left Austria during WWII/Holocaust and found refuge in Sweden. A year after Stephie Steiner and her younger sister, Nellie, left Nazi-occupied Vienna, Stephie has finally adapted to life on the rugged Swedish island where her she now lives. But more change awaits Stephie- her foster parents have allowed her to enroll in school on the mainland, in Goteberg. Stephie is eager to go. Not only will she be pursuing her studies, she'll be living in a cultured city again--under the same roof as Sven, the son of the lodgers who rented her foster parents' cottage for the summer. Five years her senior, Sven dazzles Stephie with his charm, his talk of equality, and his anti-Hitler sentiments. Stephie can't help herself--she's falling in love. As she navigates a sea of new emotions, she also grapples with what it means to be beholden to others, with her constant worry about what her parents are enduring back in Vienna, and with the menacing spread of Nazi idealogy, even in Sweden. In these troubled times, her true friends, Stephie discovers, are the ones she least expected.

Author Biography

ANNIKA THOR's bestselling quartet featuring the Steiner sisters has been translated into numerous languages and was adapted into a hugely popular television series in Sweden.

Reviews

Booklist, December 1, 2011: "A compelling look at World War II-era Sweden, this distinguished Holocaust story will resonate." Horn Book, January/February 2012: "Stephie's story of adjustment to a new school and of a first crush is both specific and universal"