| The Whirlwind Contributor(s): Matas, Carol (Author) |
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ISBN: 1551437031 ISBN-13: 9781551437033 Publisher: Orca Book Publishers OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Ben flees Nazi Germany only to find himself in a battle for his life and his soul |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Holocaust - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 610 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.02" W x 7.09" (0.27 lbs) 144 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 113823 Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is 1941. Fourteen-year-old Ben Friedman flees the horrors of Nazi Germany with his parents and his sister, leaving behind his grandparents, his friends, his home. They make a difficult journey over land and sea all the way to Japan and then to America. In Seattle, Ben dares to hope that he will finally be safe. He finds a friend in John, a Japanese-American boy, but then comes the attack on Pearl Harbor and everything changes. Fear begins to grow in Ben, fear that it is all happening again. Where can he be safe? What should he do? He dreams of Canada, thinking it a haven, only to find that he has nowhere to turn, nowhere to run. Perhaps safety is not where or even what he thinks it is. Perhaps life is not what he imagined at all. |
Contributor Bio(s): Matas, Carol: - Carol Matas is an internationally acclaimed author of over thirty-five novels for children and young adults. Her best-selling work, which includes three award-winning series, has been translated into Spanish, Japanese, Taiwanese, Turkish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, German, French, Indonesian and Russian. Her work has won numerous awards, and has been twice nominated for a Governor General's Award. More information is available at /www.carolmatas.com |