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MAY 24, 2012
The Lily Pond by Annika Thor

Second to be translated of four books originally penned in Sweden, The Lily Pond is a sequel to Batchelder award winner, Faraway Island which begins the saga of the Steiner sisters, Stephanie and Nellie - two young Jewish girls who are sent by their parents to Sweden from Vienna, Austria as Nazi Germany becomes ever more threatening to Jewish families.  In this segment, Stephanie is on a scholarship attending a school in the city of Goteburg, some distance from Hjuvik, a village she has come to love.  She is boarding somewhat unhappily with the aristocratic Sonenbergs, has a major crush on their son, Sven, and on her own must deal with being a "new" girl, facing down a prejudiced teacher, and keeping her schoolwork up to scholarship level.  And always underlying everything is her worry about the fate of her parents whose infrequent letters keep Stephanie (and the reader) apprised of the worsening conditions for the Jews in Vienna.  This is another worthy addition to the body of Holocaust literature so necessary to keep twenty-first century young people aware of this sad chapter in world history.  Sixth through eighth grades will find it engrossing reading.


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