A Faraway Island
A Faraway Island by Annika Thor is an illustrated edition published by Random House Children’s Books on September 13, 2011. This 256-page book presents the story of two Jewish sisters, 12-year-old Stephie Steiner and her younger sister Nellie, who leave Vienna in the summer of 1939 to escape the Nazis. They find refuge in Sweden, where they expect to stay temporarily until their parents can join them. However, as the war escalates, the sisters are separated and must navigate their new lives on a rugged island.
Readers will find a narrative that explores the challenges faced by the sisters as they adapt to their host families and the unfamiliar environment. While Nellie quickly adjusts, Stephie struggles with feelings of isolation and the harshness of her surroundings, compounded by her worries about their parents’ safety. The book delves into themes of family, sibling bonds, and the impact of historical events on personal lives, set against the backdrop of the Holocaust and its effects in Europe.
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Two Jewish sister leave Austria during WWII/Holocaust and find refuge in Sweden.
It’s the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna—12-year-old Stephie Steiner and seven-year-old Nellie—are sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis. They expect to stay there six months, until their parents can flee to Amsterdam; then all four will go to America. But as the world war intensifies, the girls remain, each with her own host family, on a rugged island off the western coast of Sweden.
Nellie quickly settles in to her new surroundings. Not so for Stephie, who finds it hard to adapt; she feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who’s as unforgiving as the island itself. It’s no wonder Stephie doesn’t let on that the most popular girl at school becomes her bitter enemy, or that she endures the wounding slights of certain villagers. Her main worry, though, is her parents—and whether she will ever see them again.
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