TY  - BOOK
AU  - McFadden,Bernice L.
TI  - The book of Harlan
SN  - 1617754455
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - [Brooklyn, New York]
PB  - Akashic Books
KW  - Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - African American families
KW  - Musicians
KW  - African Americans
KW  - France
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
KW  - Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - History
KW  - German occupation, 1940-1945
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Bildungsromans
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - During World War II, two African American musicians, Harlan and Lizard, are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp which changes the course of Harlan's life.--; When Harlan and his best friend, trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre, Harlan jumps at the opportunity. But after the City of Light falls under Nazi occupation, Harlan and Lizard are thrown into Buchenwald-- the notorious concentration camp in Weimar, Germany. Harlan survives five horrific years, and returns home struggling to overcome the chaos he has experienced
ER  -