Jewish teen refugee Stephie faces school, friendship, and family separation amid WWII Sweden.
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Jewish teen refugee Stephie faces school, friendship, and family separation amid WWII Sweden.
Readers of Anne of Green Gables and Hattie Ever After will love following Stephie's story, which takes place during World War II and began with A Faraway Island and continued with The Lily Pond . Three years ago, Stephie and her younger sister, Nellie, escaped the Nazis in Vienna and fled to an island in Sweden, where they were taken in by different families. Now sixteen-year-old Stephie is going to school on the mainland. Stephie enjoys her studies, and rooming with her school friend, May. But ...
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Sexual situations, exploitation, and teen pregnancy themes
Holocaust references and wartime dangers
Racial slurs present
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Jewish refugee experiences during the Holocaust
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Prejudice against Jewish refugees in wartime Sweden
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Sexual exploitation, refugee trauma, and systemic prejudice
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