What the Night Sings
Hardcover – Illustrated, February 20, 2018
Random House Children's Books · Hardcover · February 20, 2018
A Morris Award Finalist Longlisted for the National Book Award For fans of The Book Thief and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes a lushly illustrated novel about a teen Holocaust survivor who must come to terms with who she is and how to rebuild her life.
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- Who it’s for
- An illustrated hardcover with a solemn, keepsake feel.
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories for Teens, Jewish YA, War & Military
- Published
- Random House Children's Books, February 20, 2018
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A Morris Award Finalist Longlisted for the National Book Award For fans of The Book Thief and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes a lushly illustrated novel about a teen Holocaust survivor who must come to terms with who she is and how to rebuild her life. "A tour de force.
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This powerful story of love, loss, and survival is not to be missed." --KRISTIN HANNAH, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale After losing her family and everything she knew in the Nazi concentration camps, Gerta is finally liberated, only to find herself completely alone. Without her papa, her music, or even her true identity, she must move past the task of surviving and on to living her life. In the displaced persons camp where she is staying, Gerta meets Lev, a fellow teen survivor who she just might be falling for, despite her feelings for someone else. With a newfound Jewish identity she never knew she had, and a return to the life of music she thought she lost forever, Gerta must choose how to build a new future. "What the Night Sings is a book from the heart, of the heart, and to the heart. Vesper Stamper's Gerta will stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her story is one of hope and redemption and life--a blessing to the world." --Deborah Heiligman, award-winning author of Charles and Emma and Vincent and Theo A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF 2018 A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF 2018
Quiet Keepsake
An illustrated hardcover with a solemn, keepsake feel.
Come here for
- illustrated hardcover presentation
- serious, reflective reading
Expect
- Jewish YA framing
- Holocaust-themed historical reading
Where it sits
| Holocaust Stories for Teens | 100% |
|---|---|
| Jewish YA | 30% |
| War & Military | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Holocaust Stories for Teens
- Jewish YA
- YA Romance
- Authors
- Vesper Stamper
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- February 20, 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Holocaust Stories for Teens