Name: The Girl Who Sang : a Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival
Author: Nadel, Estelle
ISBN: [978-1-25024-776-6,1-25024-776-4]

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The Girl Who Sang : a Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

Author: Nadel, Estelle

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Follett Number: 2157ME9
Audience: Middle School
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press, 2024
Format: 244 pages : chiefly color illustrations, genealogical tables ; 23 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-25024-776-6
ISBN-10: 1-25024-776-4
Dewey: 940.53
Classifications: Autobiography; Nonfiction

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Autobiographical Comics

Graphic Novels

Holocaust Survivors Cartoons and Comics

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Cartoons and Comics

Nadel, Estelle

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World War, 1939-1945 Cartoons and Comics

"When the Nazis invade her small Polish town, Enia Feld is separated from her family and forced into hiding and at the mercy of her neighbors, in this . . . graphic memoir of survival and rediscovering your song during the Holocaust"--BTCat.

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A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland, The Girl Who Sang illustrates the power of a brother's love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable. Born to a Jewish family in a small Polish village, Estelle Nadel--then known as Enia Feld--was just seven years old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. Once a vibrant child with a song for every occasion, Estelle would eventually lose her voice as, over the next five years, she would survive the deaths of their mother, father, their eldest brother and sister, and countless others. A child at the mercy of her neighbors during a terrifying time in history, The Girl Who Sang is an enthralling first-hand account of Estelle's fight for survival during World War II. She would weather loss, betrayal, near-execution, and spend two years away from the warmth of the sun--all before the age of eleven. And once the war was over, Estelle would walk barefoot across European borders and find remnants of home in an Austrian displaced persons camp before finally crossing the Atlantic to arrive in New York City--a young woman carrying the unseen scars of war. Beautifully rendered in bright hues with expressive, emotional characters, debut illustrator Sammy Savos masterfully brings Estelle story of survival during the Holocaust to a whole new generation of readers. The Girl Who Sang is perfect for fans of March, Maus, and Anne Frank's Diary.

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