Another Me
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Another Me
By (Author) Eva Wiseman
Tundra Books
Tundra Books
15th October 2016
Canada
Classifications
Children
Fiction
FIC
Short-listed for McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award 2017
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 136mm, Height 201mm
Description
17-year-old Natan has a safe and happy life in fourteenth-century Strasbourg, France. He works with his father in his rag trade, helps his mother around the house, and studies the Torah at night with his young brother, Shmuli. But there is growing tension between the Jewish community and the rest of the citizens, and soon the jews are blamed for the deadly plague sweeping through towns and cities nearby.
Reviews
PRAISE FOR Another Me:
"It is a heart-rending tale based on actual events....Readers will need the Kleenex for this one." --Kirkus Review
"... this offering will engage reluctant readerseven those who are normally averse to historical fiction." --School Library Journal
"Set against the backdrop of plague-ravaged Europe, this spellbinding new novel from one of Canada's foremost writers of historical fiction for young people will have readers racing to the electrifying climax."--49th Shelf (blog)
"Wiseman, an award-winning Canadian author, has turned a little-known moment in history into a thoughtful, humane page-turner."--Historical Novel Society
"[A] sense of inescapable fate drives a doomed and sorrowful tale, reminding readers that sometimes in the face of inalterable situations all we have are our good intentions and actions." --National Reading Campaign
Author Bio
EVA WISEMAN came to Canada from Hungary with her family when she was a girl. She began writing at a young age, and her first young adult novel, A Place Not Home, was a finalist for numerous awards across North America. Her subsequent novels--which include My Canary Yellow Star, Kanada, and The World Outside--have won the McNally Robinson Books for Young People Award, the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, and the prestigious Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. Kanada was also shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Text. Eva Wiseman lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The author lives in Winnipeg, MB.
