Softcover

ISBN 10: 000711849X ISBN 13: 9780007118496

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, 2001

Partly autobiographical, this is the unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the Second World War.

This is the story of one family’s flight from Nazi Germany , in the years before war broke out. It’s a huge adventure; sometimes frightening, often funny and always exciting.

Based on the true experiences of the author, Judith Kerr, who was born in Berlin and left Germany in 1933.

Review:

"An engrossing novel." "School Library Journal," starred review

"An engrossing novel."

"An engrossing novel." "School Library Journal", starred review
"An engrossing autobiographical novel." "School Library Journal," starred review
"This book is an exploration of family solidarity in a time of personal crisis. An engrossing and sensitive narrative." -"-Horn Book"
"Anna does not really understand why her family leavs Germany . . . but during the next three years in Switzerland, France, and England she learns from firsthand experience what it is like to be a refugee. . . The narrative is absorbing and believalbe." --"Booklist"
An ALA Notable Book
A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year

A "Kirkus" Choice Book
A "Horn Book "Fanfare Title
A Library of Congress Best Children's Book
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"An engrossing autobiographical novel." School Library Journal, starred review

"This book is an exploration of family solidarity in a time of personal crisis. An engrossing and sensitive narrative." --Horn Book

"Anna does not really understand why her family leavs Germany . . . but during the next three years in Switzerland, France, and England she learns from firsthand experience what it is like to be a refugee. . . The narrative is absorbing and believalbe." --Booklist

An ALA Notable Book
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

A Kirkus Choice Book
A Horn Book Fanfare Title
A Library of Congress Best Children's Book

About the Author:

Judith Kerr was born in Berlin, the daughter of a distinguished German writer. She left Germany with her family in 1933 to escape from the Nazis and they arrived in England in 1936, having spent the intervening years in Switzerland and France.
She was married to the writer Nigel Kneale.Their daughter Tacy is an artist, and their son Matthew is an acclaimed novelist.

In 2012, Judith was awarded an OBE for her services to children’s literature and Holocaust education