Someone Named Eva Contributor(s): Wolf, Joan M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547237669 ISBN-13: 9780547237664 Publisher: Clarion Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2009 Annotation: Inspired by real events, this fascinating novel sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Nazi agenda and movingly portrays a young Czech girls struggle to hold on to her identity and her hope in the face of a regime intent on destroying both. |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Europe - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 10-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 5-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 820(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.5" L (0.40 lbs) 208 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Topical - Holocaust | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Glossary, Ikids, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: Rhode Island Children's Book Awards, Nominee, Grades 3-6, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 115398 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
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Publisher Description: A gripping tale of one girl's struggle against the Nazis. "Remember who you are, Milada." Milada's grandmother says these words on the night the Nazi soldiers come to their home in Czechoslovakia. But what do they mean? She is Milada, who lives with her mama and papa, her brother and sister, and her beloved Babichka. Milada with the sun-kissed hair, eleven years old, fastest runner in her school. How could she ever forget? Then the Nazis send Milada to a Lebensborn center in Poland, and Milada quickly discovers that holding on to her true identity will be the greatest struggle of her young life. |
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Contributor Bio(s): Wolf, Joan M.: - Joan M. Wolf's research for SOMEONE NAMED EVA took her to the Czech Republic, where her great-grandmother was born. She lives in Minnesota. |
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