The Earth is Singing

Description

Winner of the Young Quills Historical Novel Award. Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. My name is Hanna Michelson. I am 15. I am Latvian. I live with my mother and grandmother. My father is missing - taken by the Russians. I have a boyfriend. When he holds my hand, everything feels perfect. I'm training to be a dancer. But none of that matters now. Because the Nazis have arrived, and I am a Jew. And as far as they are concerned, that is all that matters. This is my story.

Vanessa Curtis is the award-winning author of YA novels including Zelah Green (winner of Manchester Children's Book Award/shortlisted for Waterstones Children's Book Prize) and The Earth is Singing (longlisted for the Carnegie, winner of the Young Quills Award). Her journalism and book reviews have appeared in the Times, TLS, Spectator, Mail on Sunday, Independent, Guardian, Telegraph, Herald and Scotland on Sunday newspapers and she runs her own literary consultancy as well as consulting for Cornerstones.

'The Earth is Singing' was a beautiful, empowering book with a storyline so powerful, it's enough to make anyone emotional. It was so capturing, you won't be able to turn the pages fast enough! * Monisah Ali, age 16, for lovereading4kids.co.uk * A remarkably well told story that both astonishes and is heartbreaking while being beautiful written... I recommend this book for any fans of 'Anne Frank'. Unforgettable and touching! * Edel Waugh, for lovereading4kids.co.uk * A stark and at times shocking and heart-breaking story that really communicates the horror of the Holocaust. * Reading Zone * A tragic, harrowing and deeply moving account of the Holocaust from the perspective of an ordinary girl. * The Bookseller * A true treasure of a book that will stay with you long after you finish the final page... A must read. * Louisa Cunliffe, age 17, for lovereading4kids.co.uk *