The Length of a String

Name: The Length of a String
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780735229471
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By Elissa Brent Weissman

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The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman is a touching story about Imani, a twelve-year-old girl, on a journey to understand her identity and heritage. Adopted and Jewish, she uncovers the diary of her great-grandmother, who fled Nazi-occupied Luxembourg during the Holocaust. As Imani learns about her family's past, she grapples with questions of belonging and self-discovery.
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You might enjoy this book if you are captivated by stories that intertwine history and self-discovery. Set against the backdrop of World War II and modern-day Brooklyn, it explores themes of identity, family, and the bonds that connect generations. Ideal for those who appreciate narratives with emotional depth and historical context.

The Length of a String

Twelve-year-old Imani, the only black girl in Hebrew school, is preparing for her bat mitzvah and hoping to find her birthparents. But when she discovers the diary her Jewish great-grandmother wrote chronicling her escape from Holocaust-era Europe, Imani begins to see family in a new way.

Imani is adopted, and she's ready to search for her birth parents. But when she discovers the diary her Jewish great-grandmother wrote chronicling her escape from Holocaust-era Europe, Imani begins to see family in a new way.

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The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman is a poignant story about identity and family connections.

Imani knows exactly what she wants for her big bat mitzvah gift—to find her birth parents. She loves her family and her Jewish community in Baltimore, but she has always wondered where she came from, especially since she's black and almost everyone she knows is white.

Then her mom's grandmother—Imani's great-grandma Anna—passes away, and Imani discovers an old journal among her books. It's Anna's diary from 1941, the year she was twelve and fled Nazi-occupied Luxembourg alone, sent by her parents to seek refuge in Brooklyn, New York.

Anna's diary records her journey to America and her new life with an adoptive family of her own. And as Imani reads the diary, she begins to see her family, and her place in it, in a whole new way.

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The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman has been praised for its heartfelt intertwining of family ties and search for self, with its narrative described as both universal and personal. The book is renowned for its richly drawn characters and satisfying conclusion, resonating with heartfelt connections and self-discovery. It's considered an excellent addition to Jewish historical fiction with strong educational value, garnering accolades from multiple award-winning authors.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780735229471

Publisher: Penguin Books Canada Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 May 2018

Country: Canada

Imprint: Penguin Books Canada Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 476g

Pages: 384

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Elissa Brent Weissman Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

Elissa Brent Weissman is the award-winning author of several middle grade novels, including the Nerd Camp series, and the editor of Our Story Begins, an anthology of writing and art by today's kids' book creators back when they were kids themselves. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and earned a Master's degree in children's literature at Roehampton University in London. Named one of CBS Baltimore's Best Authors in Maryland, Elissa lives with her family in Baltimore, where she teaches creative writing to children, college students, and adults.