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By (author) Curtis Vanessa
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My name is Hanna. I am 15. I am Latvian. I live with my mother and grandmother. My father is missing, taken by the Russians. I have a boyfriend and I’m training to be a dancer. But none of that is important any more. Because the Nazis have arrived, and I am a Jew. And as far as they are concerned, that is all that matters. This is my story.
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Winner of the Young Quills Historical Novel Award. Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.
My name is Hanna Michelson. I am 15. I am Latvian.
I live with my mother and grandmother. My father is missing – taken by the Russians.
I have a boyfriend. When he holds my hand, everything feels perfect. I”m training to be a dancer.
But none of that matters now. Because the Nazis have arrived, and I am a Jew. And as far as they are concerned, that is all that matters. This is my story.
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‘The Earth is Singing’ was a beautiful, empowering book with a storyline so powerful, it’s enough to make anyone emotional. It was so capturing, you won’t be able to turn the pages fast enough!
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A remarkably well told story that both astonishes and is heartbreaking while being beautiful written… I recommend this book for any fans of ‘Anne Frank’. Unforgettable and touching!
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A stark and at times shocking and heart-breaking story that really communicates the horror of the Holocaust.
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A tragic, harrowing and deeply moving account of the Holocaust from the perspective of an ordinary girl.
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A true treasure of a book that will stay with you long after you finish the final page… A must read.
Biographical note:
Vanessa Curtis is an award-winning author of books for teens and children, including Zelah Green which won the Manchester Children”s Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children”s Book Prize, and The Earth is Singing, winner of the Young Quills Historical Association Award, shortlisted for Peters Books of the Year Award and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She was also one of the co-founders of The Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain and is the author of two biographies on Virginia Woolf. Vanessa also reviews books for the national newspapers and runs The Curtis Children”s Literary Consultancy, specialising in YA fiction.
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