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A Mildred L. Batchelder Honor BookAn ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book A year after Stephie Steiner and her younger sister, Nellie, left Nazi-occupied Vienna, Stephie has finally adapted to life on the rugged Swedish island where she now lives. But more change awaits Stephie: her foster parents have allowed her to enroll in school on the mainland, in Goteberg. Stephie is eager to go. Not only will she be pursuing her studies, she'll be living in a cultured city again--under the same roof as Sven, the son of the lodgers who rented her foster parents' cottage for the summer.Five years her senior, Sven dazzles Stephie with his charm, his talk of equality, and his anti-Hitler sentiments. Stephie can't help herself--she's falling in love. As she navigates a sea of new emotions, she also grapples with what it means to be beholden to others, with her constant worry about what her parents are enduring back in Vienna, and with the menacing spread of Nazi ideology, even in Sweden. In these troubled times, her true friends, Stephie discovers, are the ones she least expected. From the Hardcover edition.

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Booklist, December 1, 2011: A compelling look at World War II-era Sweden, this distinguished Holocaust story will resonate. Horn Book, January/February 2012: Stephie's story of adjustment to a new school and of a first crush is both specific and universal

Booklist, December 1, 2011: <br> A compelling look at World War II-era Sweden, this distinguished Holocaust story will resonate. <br><br>Horn Book, January/February 2012: <br> Stephie's story of adjustment to a new school and of a first crush is both specific and universal

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