Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• List: Mildred L. Batchelder Award
• Format: Book
• Award year: 2013

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  A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return

  By Zeina Abirached, Edward Gauvin (Translator)

  In her graphic novel memoir, Abirached focuses on one night during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) during which she, her brother, and their neighbors huddle in the safest corner of their apartment sharing memories, food and comfort.

  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2013 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781575059419
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  My Family for the War

  By Anne C Voorhoeve, Tammi Reichel (Translator)

  The book tells the story of 11-year-old Ziska who is Protestant but because of her Jewish heritage flees Nazi Germany via one of the secret trains called kindertransports.  When she joins an Orthodox Jewish household in London, she gains a new family for the war.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2013 (Medal Winner)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780803733602
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  Son of a Gun

  By Anne de Graaf

  Told through the eyes of a young sister and brother caught up in the Liberian Civil War, this story depicts the lives of child soldiers.  De Graaf's research grounds the book in fact, and the character's voices give a sense of the horror and hope they experience.

  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2013 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780802854063