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  • Interest Level: Grade 9 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 9

Inspired by a true story . . .

Lisa’s father has six months to live and a story to tell about a boy sent to Auschwitz—a boy who lost everything and started again. It’s a story he has kept hidden—until now.

But Lisa doesn’t want to hear it because she has secrets too. No one at school knows she is Jewish or that her dad is sick, not even her boyfriend.

But that’s all about to change. And so is she.

“A powerful Holocaust story of love, loss and hope.”—Jayne Josem, Melbourne Holocaust Museum

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978-1-76065-939-4
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Interest Level Grade 9 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 9
Genre Young Adult
Category SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: C Social Awareness, SEL: D Relationship Skills, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2024
Publisher Walker Books Australia
Imprint Walker Books Australia
Language English
Number of Pages 384
Publication Date 2024-09-10
Text Type Fiction
BISACS YAF024070, YAF051130, YAF018060
Dewey [Fic]
Dimensions 5 x 7.75
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Author/Illustrator note, Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Reviewed, Starred Reviews, and Teaching Guides

Awards

  • Notable Award Sydney Taylor Young Adult Notable Book, Winner, 2025
  • The Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards Shortlist, Short-listed, 2024
  • Book Link's Award for Children's Historical Fiction, Short-listed, 2024
  • Young Australians' Best Book Award Shortlist, Short-listed, 2024

Reviews

Starred Review School Library Journal

Reviewed on 1 September 2024

“[T]his novel is both extremely personal and extremely universal . . . . Equally heartbreaking and uplifting, this recommended book reminds readers that a forgotten past is irreplaceable, and the present is a gift.”—starred, School Library Journal