Gavriel Savit
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her university professor father is sent by the Gestapo to a concentration camp, seven-year-old Anna travels the Polish countryside with the mysterious Swallow Man during World War II
Krakȯw, 1939. Anna Łania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father, a linguistics professor, during their purge of intellectuals in Poland. She's alone until she meets the Swallow Man. He is a skilled deceiver with more than a little magic up his...
2) The way back
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
A historical fantasy that follows Eastern European teens Yehuda and Bluma on a journey through the Far Country, the Jewish land of the dead
For the people of Tupik, a tiny village in Eastern Europe, demons are everywhere: dancing on the rooftops in the darkness of midnight, congregating in the trees, even reaching out to try and steal away the living. The demons have a land of their own: a Far Country, governed by demonic lords and ladies. When the...