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C. Awadalla (author)
12.22.26 (release date)
In 1939, after witnessing Kristallnacht and enduring brutal harassment for being Jewish, fourteen-year-old Renate Bial clutches a small suitcase as she boards a train that will carry her away from her home—one of the last rescue missions before war engulfs Europe. She arrives in England as a refugee with a label hung around her neck and patiently sits at the railroad station waiting…
But safety proves elusive as Renate struggles with a new language, strange customs, and the shadow of fear that follows her. Meanwhile, her brother faces his own nightmare aboard the notorious HMT Dunera, where Jewish refugees are treated worse than prisoners of war during a harrowing eight-week voyage to Australian internment camps.
Throughout the London Blitz and years of uncertainty, Renate must find the strength to rebuild her shattered world while carrying the weight and memory of those who didn't survive.
Long before readers met Paddington Bear™, real children arrived in Britain with one suitcase and a tag around their necks.
C. Awadalla (author)
12.22.26 (release date)
In 1939, after witnessing Kristallnacht and enduring brutal harassment for being Jewish, fourteen-year-old Renate Bial clutches a small suitcase as she boards a train that will carry her away from her home—one of the last rescue missions before war engulfs Europe. She arrives in England as a refugee with a label hung around her neck and patiently sits at the railroad station waiting…
But safety proves elusive as Renate struggles with a new language, strange customs, and the shadow of fear that follows her. Meanwhile, her brother faces his own nightmare aboard the notorious HMT Dunera, where Jewish refugees are treated worse than prisoners of war during a harrowing eight-week voyage to Australian internment camps.
Throughout the London Blitz and years of uncertainty, Renate must find the strength to rebuild her shattered world while carrying the weight and memory of those who didn't survive.
Long before readers met Paddington Bear™, real children arrived in Britain with one suitcase and a tag around their necks.