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Children's Fiction Emigration & Immigration

A Place Not Home

by (author) Eva Wiseman

Publisher
Fitzhenry and Whiteside
Initial publish date
Jun 1996
Category
Emigration & Immigration, Europe
Recommended Age
12 to 18
Recommended Grade
7 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773758346
    Publish Date
    Jun 1996
    List Price
    $8.95

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Description

Life in Communist Hungary isn't easy for thirteen-year-old Nelly. Food is scarce and so are clothes. But she has great friends and a special boy she likes, so the hardships are bearable.

When the Hungarian Revolution erupts in 1956, Nelly's world crumbles. Along with the Revolution comes a new tide of anti-Semitism. Nelly's family is Jewish, and her parents are convinced that the family must flee. Everything she cares about - her cozy room, her favourite books, and her closest friends - will have to stay behind. There's not time even to say good-bye.

Nelly's adventures during the family's harrowing escape to freedom are by turns funny and sad. Will she ever find a place to call home?

About the author

Eva Wiseman is a Fitzhenry and Whiteside author.

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