Girl : my childhood and the Second World War
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Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2016].
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0253022355, 9780253022356 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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259 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm
Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 940.5318 FRANKEL 2016
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Published
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2016].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
0253022355, 9780253022356 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Alona Frankel was just two years old when Germany invaded Poland. After a Polish carpenter agreed to hide her parents but not her, Alona's parents desperately handed her over to a greedy woman who agreed to hide her only as long as they continued to send money. Isolated from her parents and living among pigs, horses, mice, and lice, Alona taught herself to read and drew on scraps of paper. The woman would send these drawings to Alona’s parents as proof that Alona was still alive. In time, the money ran out and Alona was tossed into her parents’ hiding place, at this point barely recognizing them. After Poland’s liberation, Alona’s mother was admitted to a terminal hospital and Alona handed over to a wealthy, arrogant family of Jewish survivors who eventually cast her off to an orphanage. Despite these daily horrors and dangers surrounding her, Alona’s imagination could not be restrained. A powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit, Girl is the story of a young girl’s self-preservation through a horrible war and its aftermath. Faithful to the perspective of the heroine herself, Frankel, now a world renowned children’s author and illustrator, reveals a little girl full of life in a terrible, evil world.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Frankel, A. (2016). Girl: my childhood and the Second World War . Indiana University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Frankel, Alona. 2016. Girl: My Childhood and the Second World War. Indiana University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Frankel, Alona. Girl: My Childhood and the Second World War Indiana University Press, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Frankel, Alona. Girl: My Childhood and the Second World War Indiana University Press, 2016.

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