Lily Renee, Escape Artist
From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer
Published on 1. August 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-7613-8114-3 (ISBN)
Description
In 1938, Lily Rene Wilhelm, a 14-year-old Jewish girl, is living in Vienna when the Nazis march into Austria. After a ship voyage fraught with danger from Nazi torpedoes, teenage Lily reunites with her parents in New York and helps her family earn a living by painting designs on wooden boxes. One day she sees an ad in the paper: a comics publisher
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Publishing group
Lerner Publishing Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fifth Grade to Eighth Grade, Reading Age: From 11 to 12 years, Interest Age: From 10 to 14 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Glossary; Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
237 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7613-8114-3 (9780761381143)
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E-Book
11/2013
1st Edition
Lerner Publishing Group
€8.49
Available for download
E-Book
08/2011
1st Edition
Graphic Universe
€54.49
Available for download
Persons
Writer and feminist herstorian Trina Robbins wrote books, comics, and graphic novels for over 40 years. Her work includes The Brinkley Girls (Fantagraphics), Forbidden City: the Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs (Hampton Press), and the three-part YA series Chicagoland Detective Agency for Graphic Universe(TM).