The Island on Bird Street

Orlev, Uri

ISBN 10: 0395616239 / ISBN 13: 9780395616239

Edité par Clarion Books (edition Reissue), 1992

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It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Island on Bird Street
• Éditeur: Clarion Books (edition Reissue)
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0395616239
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780395616239
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: Reissue.
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

During World War II a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly life-threatening conditions.

À propos de l?auteur

Uri Orlev was born in Warsaw in 1931. He spent the years 1939–41 in hiding in the Warsaw ghetto with his mother and younger brother. When his mother was killed by the Nazis, he and his brother were sent to Bergen-Belsen. After the war, Orlev went to Israel. He now lives in Jerusalem with his wife and their three children.
In 1996, Uri Orlev received the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition given to an author of children’s books, for his lasting contribution to children’s literature.