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Auschwitz Trial, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1963-1965 Fiction Birds Fiction Flight Fiction Frankfurt am Main (Germany) History 20th century Fiction Friendship Fiction Germany (East) Helpfulness Fiction Large type books War crime trials Germany Fiction Women translators Germany FictionHess, Annette
Summary: "Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963 ... [this] is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator--caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power--as she fights to expose the dark truths of her nation's past. For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC HESLinke, Dorit
Summary: Expelled from their secondary school in East Germany because of their rebellious attitudes, Hanna and Andreas plan to escape by swimming across the cold and choppy waters of the Baltic Sea in a harrowing twenty-five hour journey to freedom in West Germany. Hanna is an accomplished distance swimmer, Andreas is not, and the danger of being caught, drowning, or dying of exhaustion is very real--...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LINWaechter, Philip
Summary: After his parents plan a trip to the sea, Jacob flies there himself, making acquaintances along the way, but when his bird friends are in danger, Jacob and his flock rescue them and outwit the birdcatcher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Dot Kids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WAEHess, Annette
Summary: "Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess's international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator-caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power-as she fights to expose the dark truths of her nation's past. For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019