My real name is Hanna / Tara Lynn Masih.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Simsbury, Connecticut : Mandel Vilar Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 195 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1942134517
- 9781942134510
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | MASIH TARA L. | Available | 33111010436851 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
1941, Hitler's army crosses into Soviet-ruled Ukraine in a secret mission titled "Operation Barbarossa. A young Jewish girl, Hanna Slivka is fourteen when German soldiers arrive in her small village of Kwasova. Until their arrival, Hanna has split her time between playing with her younger siblings, sharing drawings with the sweet shy Leon Stadnick, and assisting her neighbor, Mrs. Petrovich, with her annual dyeing and selling of psyanky, decorative eggs. But now, she, Leon and their families are forced into hiding, first in the woods outside of their town and then into caverns beneath it. They battle sickness and starvation, and the local peasants who join the Nazis in hunting Jews through the ravaged countryside, but at no time are they more tested than when Hanna's father - briefly above ground to scavenge for food - goes missing, and suddenly, it's on Hanna to find him, and to find a way to keep her mother, brother and sister alive. This novel is inspired by the true story of Esther Stermer and her family, who survived underground for 511 days. Less than 5% of the Jewish population in Ukraine survived these Holocaust "Actions."
"A riveting story of courage and strength in the face of Nazi terror ... about Hanna, a young Jewish girl, age 14, from a small Ukrainian village and how she and her family survived the Holocaust and eventually emigrated to America."-- Provided by publisher.
Hanna Slivka is on the cusp of fourteen when Hitler's army crosses the border into Soviet-occupied Ukraine. The Gestapo is determined to make the shtetele she lives in "free of Jews." Now she, her friend Leon, and their families are forced to flee and hide in the forest, and then in the dark caves beneath the rolling meadows, rumored to harbor evil spirits. They battle sickness and starvation. When Hanna's father disappears, it's up to Hanna to find him-- and to find a way to keep the rest of her family, and friends, alive. -- adapted from jacket