The blood years / Elana K. Arnold.

Author/creator Arnold, Elana K. author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
Copyright Date©2023
Description390 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Foreword -- A brief history of Czernowitz -- Part I: Astra and her lover -- Pigeons and promises -- The way things are -- Caf̌ Europa -- How to fix things -- Welcome to the blood years -- Broken, and breaking -- Part II: The Russian year -- The goose and the bear -- When flying monkeys attack -- When time stops -- The Moiseyev dancers -- Honeymoons, waxing and waning -- Masks on -- The narrowing gyre -- What happens to Ruth -- Part III: A very lucky girl -- The Nazis -- Never pray for a new king -- Into the ghetto -- Unexpected heroes -- In Mr. Weissinger's apartment -- How lucky -- Part IV: What it costs -- Right now -- Payment in advance -- Treatment -- The wheelbarrow -- The locket -- Part V: In the name of love.
Abstract "Frederieke Teitler and her sister, Astra, live in a home, in a city, in a world divided. Their father left when Rieke was only six, leaving their mother a wreck and their grandfather as their only stable family. He's done his best to provide for them and shield them from antisemitism, but now being a Jew has become increasingly dangerous, even in their beloved home of Czernowitz, long considered a safe haven for Jewish people. And when Astra falls in love and starts pulling away from her, Rieke wonders if there's anything in her life she can count on -- and if she has the power to hold on to it. Then war breaks out in Europe. First the Russians, then the Germans, invade Czernowitz. Almost overnight, Rieke and Astra's world changes, and every day becomes a struggle: to keep their grandfather's business, to keep their home, to keep their lives. Rieke has long known that she exists in a world defined by those who have power and those who do not, and as those powers close in around her, she wonders if holding on to her life might mean letting go of everything else -- if that's a choice she will even have the chance to make. Based on her grandmother's experiences in Holocaust-era Romania, National Book Award finalist and Printz honoree Elana K. Arnold weaves a heartbreaking tale of love and loss in the darkest days of the twentieth century -- and one young woman's will to survive them." -- Jacket flap.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 383-387).
Interest age level Ages 14 and up
Interest grade level Grades 9 and up
Awards noteSydney Taylor Book Award for Young Adult, 2024 (Winner)
Awards noteNational Jewish Book Award for Young Adult Literature, 2023 (Winner)
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
Genre/formDomestic fiction.
Genre/formWar fiction.
Genre/formReligious fiction.
Genre/formFiction.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
Genre/formDomestic fiction.
Genre/formYoung adult fiction.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
Genre/formDomestic fiction.
Genre/formWar fiction.
Genre/formReligious fiction.
Genre/formBildungsromans.
Genre/formChildren's and Teenage: Family Stories.
LCCN 2023934238
ISBN9780062990853 (hardcover)
ISBN0062990853 (hardcover)
Stock numberHarpercollins Childrens Books, Attn Elaine Nealon 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132 SAN 200-2086

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