Library's review
Hanneke is a 16-year-old girl living in Amsterdam during World War II. As she mourns her boyfriend who was killed on the Dutch front lines, she takes on the enormously dangerous task of finding a missing Jewish teenager during the Nazi invasion. Note on Historical Accuracy.
Genres
Lexile
720L
Publication
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2016), 320 pages
Description
"In 1943 Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, teenage Hanneke--a 'finder' of black market goods--is tasked with finding a Jewish girl a customer had been hiding, who has seemingly vanished into thin air, and is pulled into a web of resistance activities and secrets as she attempts to solve the mystery and save the missing girl"--
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2019)
Soaring Eagle Book Award (First runner-up — 2018)
Edgar Award (Nominee — Young Adult Novel — 2017)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2019)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2018)
Indies Choice Book Award (Honor Book — Young Adult — 2017)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2018)
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee — 2017)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2019)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — High School — 2019)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2019)
Young Quills Award for Historical Fiction (Shortlist — 2017)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2017)
New York Public Library Best Books: For Teens (Teen — 2016)
Just One More Page Recommendation List (Young Adult — 2017)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2016-04-05 (1e édition originale américaine, Little, Brown Books)
2016-10-27 (1e traduction et édition fraçaise, Grand format littérature, Série Romans Ado, Gallimard Jeunesse)
Pages
320
Physical description
320 p.; 8.55 inches
ISBN
0316260606 / 9780316260602
DDC/MDS
| 813.6 |