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Contributor(s): Savit, Gavriel (Author)

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ISBN: 0606398767 ISBN-13: 9780606398763
Publisher: Turtleback Books

OUR PRICE: $17.68

Binding Type: Prebound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2017
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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Holocaust
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Europe

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 12-17

Grade Level: 7-12

Lexile Measure: 1160

Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" L (0.66 lbs) 256 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1930's
- Cultural Region - Polish
- Topical - Holocaust

Features: Ikids

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 182010
Reading Level: 7.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
A] splendid debut novel. . . . This is masterly storytelling. The New York Times

Set in Poland during the Second World War, Anna and the Swallow Man is a stunning, literary, and wholly original New York Times bestseller perfect for readers of The Book Thief.
Krakow, 1939. A million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. This is no place to grow up. Anna ania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father, a linguistics professor, during their purge of intellectuals in Poland. She s alone.
And then Anna meets the Swallow Man. He is a mystery, strange and tall, a skilled deceiver with more than a little magic up his sleeve. And when the soldiers in the streets look at him, they see what he wants them to see.
The Swallow Man is not Anna s father she knows that very well but she also knows that, like her father, he s in danger of being taken, and like her father, he has a gift for languages: Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish, even Bird. When he summons a bright, beautiful swallow down to his hand to stop her from crying, Anna is entranced. She follows him into the wilderness.
Over the course of their travels together, Anna and the Swallow Man will dodge bombs, tame soldiers, and even, despite their better judgment, make a friend. But in a world gone mad, everything can prove dangerous. Even the Swallow Man.
Exquisite. The Wall Street Journal
A graceful story steeped in history, magic, myth, and archetype. The Horn Book Magazine, Starred
This deeply moving debut novel casts naivete against the cruel backdrop of inhumanity. Publishers Weekly, Starred
A] quiet exploration of love and its limits. The Bulletin, Starred"

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