Book
A Faraway Island
by Annika Thor
- Published
- 2009
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Pages
- 247
- Words
- 53969
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.4
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 680L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–13
In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to flee the Nazis in Austria. Eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, but 12-year-old Stephie feels stranded with a foster mother who is as cold & unforgiving. Book #1
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780385736176
- ISBN-10
- 0385736177
Tags
ALSC NotablesFamily Life-Foster ChildrenFamily Life-SistersHistorical FictionHistory-World War II EraPeople-JewishPeople-RefugeesSweden