The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II
The True Story of My Family in World War II
(Sprache: Englisch)
A personal, powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust by one of this country's best-loved children's author's.
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A personal, powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust by one of this country's best-loved children's author's.
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***As heard on The Jeremy Vine Show******As heard on The Cerys Matthews Show***
"Michael Rosen is a master of pace and clarity... Essential reading." - The Times, Children's Book of the Week
"Five stars ... extraordinary and affecting. " - The Telegraph, Children's Book of the Week
"Rosen handles the difficult topic as sensitively and thoughtfully as you would expect, always writing in a straightforward and accessible way for children." - BookTrust, the UK's largest reading charity
A personal, powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust by one of this country's best-loved children's authors. By turns charming, shocking and heart-breaking, this is the true story of Michael Rosen's search for his relatives who "went missing" during the Second World War - told through prose, poetry, maps and pictures.
When Michael was growing up, stories often hung in the air about his great-uncles: one was a clock-mender and the other a dentist. They were there before the war, his dad would say, and weren't after.
Over many years, Michael tried to find out exactly what happened: he interviewed family members, scoured the internet, pored over books and traveled to America and France. The story he uncovered was one of terrible persecution - and it has inspired his poetry for years since.
Here, poems old and new are balanced against an immensely readable narrative; both an extraordinary account and a powerful tool for talking to children about the Holocaust.
Supported and checked by the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education.
"Fascinating, chilling and poignantly personal" - Financial Times
"The Missing may ostensibly concern the Holocaust but, as Rosen makes clear, this is a book about facing down prejudice, defying those who would sow the seeds of hatred and opening our arms to those in need." - Independent
Autoren-Porträt von Michael Rosen
One of the best-known figures in the children's book world, and current Children's Laureate, Michael is renowned for his work as a poet, performer, broadcaster and scriptwriter.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael Rosen
- Altersempfehlung: 10 - 12 Jahre
- 2019, 128 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 20,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Walker Books
- ISBN-10: 1406386758
- ISBN-13: 9781406386752
- Erscheinungsdatum: 02.03.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Rosen makes comparisons with the present-day refugee crisis and injects hope in the final chapter (and, boy, do we need it), with one of his best poems, Today; One Day. Essential reading. The Times, Book of the Week
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