The Upstairs Room
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 2, 2019
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- Who it’s for
- A child’s firsthand account makes the danger of hiding feel intimate, while hope holds its place.
- Themes
- Holocaust survival, Hiding for safety, Hope amid separation
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories, War & Military Stories, Prejudice & Racism
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Newbery Honor Book • ALA Notable Book • An SLJ Best Book • A Jane Addams Award Honor Book • Winner of the Jewish Book Council Children’s Book Award A classic WWII survivor story based on award-winning author Johanna Reiss’s own childhood during the Holocaust. Now with a beautiful new cover and revised author’s note. When the German army occupied Holland in 1940, Annie was only eight years old. Because she was Jewish, the occupation put her in grave danger.
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Most people thought the war wouldn’t last long, but Annie knew that if she wanted to stay alive, she would have to go into hiding. Fortunately, a Gentile family, the Oostervelds, offered refuge to Annie and her older sister, Sini. For two years they hid in the cramped upstairs room of the Oostervelds’s remote farmhouse. There, Annie and Sini would struggle to hold on to hope—separated from their family and confined to one tiny room—as a frightful and seemingly endless war raged on outside their window. This classic autobiographical novel is a strong choice for classroom sharing and independent reading.
Quiet Courage, Long Waits
A child’s firsthand account makes the danger of hiding feel intimate, while hope holds its place.
Come here for
- A survivor story grounded in Johanna Reiss’s own childhood
- The close, sustained perspective of two sisters in hiding
Expect
- A serious, immersive account of fear, separation, and endurance
- A revised author’s note in this edition
Where it sits
| Holocaust Stories | 99% |
|---|---|
| War & Military Stories | 53% |
| Prejudice & Racism | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
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- Siblings
- Stories About Divorce
- Sibling Stories
- Stepfamily Stories
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- Historical Europe
- Holocaust Stories
- Friendship
- New Experiences
- Authors
- Johanna Reiss
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 2, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Holocaust survival · Hiding for safety · Hope amid separation
- Reading lane
- Siblings