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My Family for the War


School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 416

Published: 2015

Great for age 12-18 years

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At the start of World War II, ten-year-old Franziska Mangold is torn from her family when she boards the kindertransport in Berlin, the train that secretly took nearly 10,000 children out of Nazi territory to safety in England. Taken in by strangers, Frances (as she is now called) courageously pieces together a new life for herself. But what will happen to her when she is finally reunited with her family, now that she's a stranger herself after seven years of war?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.

There are 416 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2015 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Anne C. Voorhoeve is an award-winning German novelist and screenwriter. She lives in Berlin, Germany. Tammi Reichel is an instructor of German at the University of Richmond and lives with her family in Virginia.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Mildred L Batchelder Award
This book was recognised by the Mildred L Batchelder Award.

Beehive Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Beehive Award.

Keystone to Reading Award - High School
This book was recognised in the High School category by the Keystone to Reading Book Award.

Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award

 

Won the Buxtehulde Bulle Prize for Youth Literature

 

Nominated for the Evangelischer Buchpreis (The Protestant Book Award)

 

An ALSC Notable Children's Book

 

Kids' Indie Next List

* "With the personal Kindertransport history, the intense drama about family, faith, guilt, love, and loyalty in wartime makes this an important addition to the Holocaust curriculum."

 

--Booklist, starred review

* "Events and facts are expertly woven into the girl's emotional growth, and changing relationships . . . provide a rich exploration of identity and self. With a compelling main character and taut and insightful story line, this novel is sure to find no shortage of readers, and it adds a valuable perspective to collections of World War II fiction."

 

--School Library Journal, starred review

"An engaging and often moving coming-of-age story. A poignant, thoughtful work."

 

--Kirkus Reviews

"This multilayered story [which] cogently explores themes of motherhood and adoptive families is gracefully portrayed."

 

--Publishers Weekly

"My Family for the War is a must-have for young adults. The novel is simultaneously beautiful, touching, and heart wrenching."

 

--VOYA

"This is a solid addition to Holocaust collections, life on the home front during the war, and for discussions of what is a family."

 

--LMC