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Reviewed on December 1, 2014 | Grades 5-8
Gr 6–10—Almost four years have passed since Stephie and Nellie Steiner, introduced in A Faraway Island (2009) and The Lily Pond (2011, both Delacorte), were sent from Nazi-occupied Vienna to Sweden by their parents. Letters from Vienna have stopped, replaced by periodic postcards from Theresienstadt containing exactly 30 words each. Stephie, now 16, is living on the mainland to attend grammar school, supported by the Swedish relief committee, while ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
The third installment in a quartet sees Stephie, now sixteen, embarking upon deep metaphorical seas; as Thor writes, "Her childhood is over." Fans of A Faraway Island (rev. 1/10) and its sequel The Lily Pond (rev. 1/12) will recall that Stephie and her younger sister Nellie were sent to a Swedish island from Vienna as refugees from Hitler's Third Reich, and that the adjustment hasn't been easy. Four years later, Stephie is living in mainland Göteborg with best friend May's family, still following adoptive Aunt Marta's strictures, and excelling at ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Stephie (A Faraway Island; The Lily Pond), now sixteen, has a host of worries: her parents are prisoners in Theresienstadt; she and s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More