What Rosa Brought
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 14, 2023
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- Who it’s for
- A young girl’s story brings family, Jewish identity, and flight from Nazi-occupied Vienna into close focus.
- Themes
- Family, Immigration and identity, Love
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories, Immigration & Moving, Jewish Religious Stories
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Author Jacob Sager Weinstein and New York Times bestselling illustrator Eliza Wheeler deliver a stunning picture book about a young Jewish girl fleeing Nazi occupation with her parents. Drawing on the childhood experiences of the author’s mother, this story of family, immigration, and identity shows the boundless power of love. Vienna, Austria, is the only home Rosa knows.
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While her parents work at their store, she plays with her grandmother, reads her favorite books, and climbs trees. But when the Nazis arrive in 1938, everything changes. Rosa’s family is Jewish, and the Nazis’ new laws make it dangerous for Jews to live in Vienna. Rosa’s parents can no longer run their store. Soon, some Jews decide to leave the country, and Rosa wants to go, too. But where would they go? And what would Rosa be able to bring with her?
A Child’s View
A young girl’s story brings family, Jewish identity, and flight from Nazi-occupied Vienna into close focus.
Come here for
- A child’s perspective on a family forced to leave home
- A story grounded in the author’s mother’s childhood
Expect
- An accessible picture-book account of upheaval and identity
- A focus on family, immigration, and the choices of leaving
Where it sits
| Holocaust Stories | 95% |
|---|---|
| Jewish Religious Stories | 66% |
| Immigration & Moving | 53% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Family Stories
- Multigenerational Families
- Girls & Young Women
- Historical Europe
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- Holocaust Stories
- Stories Set in Europe
- Prejudice & Racism
- Values & Virtues
- Authors
- Jacob Sager Weinstein
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 14, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Family · Immigration and identity · Love
- Reading lane
- Family Stories