Awards and Honors2018—2019 Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) Nominee
2019 Oregon Reader's Choice Awards Nominee
2018-2019 MO Gateway Award Winner
2017—2018 North Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2016, Historical Fiction
ALA Notable Books for Children Nominee–Summer 2016, Fiction SLJ’s Best Books of 2016, Young Adult Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2016, Young Adult The New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2016, Young Adult
New York Public Library 2016 50 Best Books for Teens, Fiction
Goodreads Choice Awards 2016, Young Adult Fiction: Winner Shelf Awareness 2016 Best Books of the Year, Teen Novels
YALSA 2017 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults
2017 Notable Books for a Global Society
Los Angeles Public Library, Best of 2016: Teen Books
Indies Choice Book Awards 2017 Book of the Year Finalist, Young Adult
2017 Capitol Choices, Fourteen and Up
2016 Cybils Award Winner, Young Adult Fiction
2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal Winner
The Golden Kite Awards, 2017 Winner, Young Adult Fiction
ILA Young Adults’ Choices 2017 Reading List
Joana, Emilia, and Florian cross paths as refugees fleeing East Prussia. They must rely on one another to survive both the trek to a ship that promises salvation and a disaster at sea. Based on true events. Author’s note. Research and sources.
Topics World War II (1939-1945). Refugees. Historical fiction. Friendship. Maritime disasters.
SRC Level 5.200000
SRC Points 17.000000
Lexile HL560L
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2016-02-01
JLG Release Date Mar 2016
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
History - High (Grades 9 & Up)
History High
History - High (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
The past opens with a turn of the page in these fully-documented histories and compelling works of historical fiction. Experience the past frequently with the 12 books in this category.
12 books per Year
$259.20 per Year
Interests
Diversity, Fiction, Mature Readers, Nonfiction, Biographies, Realistic Fiction, History