Annika Thor

Una bella historia en la que Steffi y Nelly, dos hermanas judías de 7 y 12 años, procedentes de una familia acomodada de la burguesía austriaca, se ven obligadas a salir de Viena debido a la persecución que los nazis están iniciando desde antes incluso del estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Viajan a Suecia donde son acogidas por familias del país en un pequeño y humilde pueblo pesquero. Allí deberán esperar a sus padres para luego marcharse a América. Sin embargo, sus planes se van a ver modificados por la realidad y la espera se prolonga. Valor de su lectura: Es una ocasión estupenda para saber cómo vivieron los niños desplazados durante el nazismo, pero sin dramas y horrores, simplemente la experiencia de unas niñas que están lejos de casa y se enfrentan a lo desconocido.

Steffie et Nelli sont les personnages attachants de la tétralogie d’Annika Thor. Petites filles juives autrichiennes mises à l’abri des persécutions nazies, elles arrivent sur une île suédoise battu

Nora vuelve al colegio después de pasar la varicela. Sabina, la que era su mejor amiga, parece no querer saber nade de ella ya que se ha hecho muy amiga de una pandilla de chicos muy populares. Nora

A Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book and an ALA-ALSC Notable Childrens Book, The LilyPond 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 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, shell be living in a cultured city againunder 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 cant help herselfshes 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 ideology, even in Sweden. In these troubled times, her true friends, Stephie discovers, are the ones she least expected.

Readers of Anne of Green Gables and Hattie Ever After will love following Stephies story, which takes place during World War II and began with A Faraway Island and continued with The Lily Pond. Three years ago, Stephie and her younger sister, Nellie, escaped the Nazis in Vienna and fled to an island in Sweden, where they were taken in by different families. Now sixteen-year-old Stephie is going to school on the mainland. Stephie enjoys her studies, and rooming with her school friend, May. But life is only getting more complicated as she gets older. Stephie might lose the grant money that is funding her education. Her old friend Verra is growing up too fast. And back on the island, Nellie wants to be adopted by her foster family. Stephie, on the other hand, cant stop thinking about her parents, who are in a Nazi camp in Austria. If only the war would end. . . . Like the deep sea, Stephies life is filled with danger and darkness, but also with beauty and hope as she learns to stand up for her beliefs and be true to herself.A CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book of the Year*"A rich blend of emotional truths."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred*"This novel about coming of age during a complicated, tragic time in history is both delicate and poignant."--Publishers Weekly, Starred"Thor . . . deftly balances the sisters everyday concerns with the greater psychological aspects of being refugees."--School Library Journal "The novels strength lies in its rich cast of secondary characters whose stories bring wartime Swedento life."--Booklist"The present tense and a limited third-person narration that reflects Stephies every thought and emotion give the story unusual immediacy, nuance, and impact."--The Hornbook Magazine Deep Sea and the story of the Steiner sisters is a much-needed voice in the sea of World War II novels for youth.VOYA Praise for A Faraway IslandWinner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award"[A] welcome addition to the canon of WWII stories."--The Hornbook Magazine, StarredPraise for The Lily Pond A Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book"This distinguished Holocaust story will resonate."--Booklist

Two Jewish sisters leave Austria during WWII/Holocaust and find refuge in Sweden.Its the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna12-year-old Stephie Steiner and 8-year-old Nellieare sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis. They expect to stay there six months, until their parents can flee to Amsterdam; then all four will go to America. But as the world war intensifies, the girls remain, each with her own host family, on a rugged island off the western coast of Sweden.Nellie quickly settles in to her new surroundings. Shes happy with her foster family and soon favors the Swedish language over her native German. Not so for Stephie, who finds it hard to adapt; she feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother whos as cold and unforgiving as the island itself. Her main worry, though, is her parentsand whether she will ever see them again.