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A Winter's Day in 1939
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Sometimes your only weapon is the will to survive... Taken from their home, forced to leave their country, put to work in labour camps, frozen and starved, Adam and his family doubt that they will ever make it out alive. Even if they were to get...
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Sometimes your only weapon is the will to survive...
Taken from their home, forced to leave their country, put to work in labour camps, frozen and starved, Adam and his family doubt that they will ever make it out alive. Even if they were to get away, they might freeze to death, or starve, or the bears might get them.
For the Polish refugees, the whole of the USSR becomes a prison from which there is seemingly no escape. Thorough research and real-life family history combine in this powerful story of one family's struggle to survive.
This is a harrowing, compelling story of courage and hope based on Melinda Szymanik's own father's journey across Europe during World War II.
A Winter's Day in 1939 by Melinda Szymanik vividly captures this incredible tale of survival and resilience.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781775430308
Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 January 2013
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Scholastic New Zealand
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Melinda Szymanik
- Illustrated by Melinda Szymanik
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Weight: 0g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Melinda Szymanik is the author of the picture books Clever Moo and The Were-Nana, which won the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards Children's Choice Award in 2009. A Winter's Day in 1939 is a novel close to Melinda's heart as it is based on her own father's journey across Europe during World War Two. Melinda has written two other novels, Jack the Viking (Scholastic, 2008) and The Half Life of Ryan Davis (Pear Jam, 2011).
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