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The German girl : The home they loved has become a place of danger / Lily Graham.

(author.).

Summary:

Hamburg 1938. Fifteen-year-old Asta is hurrying home from school with her twin brother Jurgen. The mood in the city is tense – synagogues have been smashed with sledgehammers, and Asta is too frightened to laugh as she used to.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781838889340
  • Physical Description: 247 pages : ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: London : Bookouture, 2021.
Subject: Twin siblings > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Resistance (World War II 1939-1945) > Fiction.
Germany > Fiction.
Denmark > Fiction.
Nazi captives > Fiction.
Genre: War stories > Fiction.
Love stories (World War II) > Fiction.
Nazi War stories Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Blair County Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tyrone-Snyder Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Tyrone-Snyder Public Library YA F Grah (Text)
Memorial: In Memory of Ruth McNelis. Presented by Shane & Kelly Cowher and Family.
1OTYR000507165 Young Adult Fiction Available -

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520 . ‡aHamburg 1938. Fifteen-year-old Asta is hurrying home from school with her twin brother Jurgen. The mood in the city is tense – synagogues have been smashed with sledgehammers, and Asta is too frightened to laugh as she used to.
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650 0. ‡aNazi captives ‡vFiction.
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655 0. ‡aNazi War stories ‡aFiction.
999wh. ‡#But ‡aen she and Jurgen are stopped in the street by a friend, her world implodes further. Her Jewish parents have been dragged into the streets by German soldiers and if she and Jurgen return to their house, they will be taken too.
999tb. ‡#Hea ‡aroken at the loss of her parents, Asta knows they must flee. With her beloved brother, she must make the perilous journey across Germany and into Denmark to reach their only surviving relative, her aunt Trine, a woman they barely know.
999d . ‡#Jam ‡ainto a truck with other refugees, Asta prays for a miracle to save herself and Jurgen. Crossing the border is a crime punishable by death, and what she and Jurgen must embark on a dangerous crossing on foot, through the snowy forest dividing Germany and Denmark. And when barking dogs and armed soldiers find Jurgen and Asta escapes, she must hold on to hope no matter what. One day she will find her twin, the other half of herself. Whatever the price she has to pay…
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