The Earth is Singing
Will be published approx. on 7. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-4749-5866-0 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the Young Quills Historical Novel Award. Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.
My name is Hanna Michelson. I am 15. I am Latvian.
I live with my mother and grandmother. My father is missing - taken by the Russians.
I have a boyfriend. When he holds my hand, everything feels perfect. I'm training to be a dancer.
But none of that matters now. Because the Nazis have arrived, and I am a Jew. And as far as they are concerned, that is all that matters. This is my story.
My name is Hanna Michelson. I am 15. I am Latvian.
I live with my mother and grandmother. My father is missing - taken by the Russians.
I have a boyfriend. When he holds my hand, everything feels perfect. I'm training to be a dancer.
But none of that matters now. Because the Nazis have arrived, and I am a Jew. And as far as they are concerned, that is all that matters. This is my story.
Reviews / Votes
'The Earth is Singing' was a beautiful, empowering book with a storyline so powerful, it's enough to make anyone emotional. It was so capturing, you won't be able to turn the pages fast enough! * Monisah Ali, age 16, for lovereading4kids.co.uk * A remarkably well told story that both astonishes and is heartbreaking while being beautiful written... I recommend this book for any fans of 'Anne Frank'. Unforgettable and touching! * Edel Waugh, for lovereading4kids.co.uk * A stark and at times shocking and heart-breaking story that really communicates the horror of the Holocaust. * Reading Zone * A tragic, harrowing and deeply moving account of the Holocaust from the perspective of an ordinary girl. * The Bookseller * A true treasure of a book that will stay with you long after you finish the final page... A must read. * Louisa Cunliffe, age 17, for lovereading4kids.co.uk *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 14 to 99 years
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4749-5866-0 (9781474958660)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Previous edition
Vanessa Curtis
The Earth is Singing
Book
01/2015
Usborne Publishing Ltd
€28.67
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Person
Vanessa Curtis is an award-winning author of books for teens and children, including Zelah Green which won the Manchester Children's Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and The Earth is Singing, winner of the Young Quills Historical Association Award, shortlisted for Peters Books of the Year Award and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She was also one of the co-founders of The Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain and is the author of two biographies on Virginia Woolf. Vanessa also reviews books for the national newspapers and runs The Curtis Children's Literary Consultancy, specialising in YA fiction.