Willow Awards

The 2011 Willow Awards

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By Eva Wiseman.
Tundra Books, 2009.
9780887768286 (hc)
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In 1882, a young Hungarian girl dies.  A young Jewish boy is forced to testify against his father, who is accused of the murder.  This story recounts a trial of “blood libel”, wherein Jews were falsely accused of murdering Christian children for the ritualistic use of their blood.

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About the Author

Eva Wiseman

Eva Wiseman is from Winnipeg, MB

Born in Hungary, Eva Wiseman came to Canada 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 literary awards across North America and was selected for the New York Public Library’s annual Best Books for the Teen Age list. Her second novel, My Canary Yellow Star, was also shortlisted for several awards, won the McNally Robinson Books for Young People Award, and was selected for the New York Public Library’s annual Best Books for the Teen Age list. Her novel No One Must Know was equally critically acclaimed and won the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award. Her novel Kanada was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and was the winner of the prestigious Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction. Eva Wiseman is the mother of two, and she lives in Winnipeg with her husband.



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Comments

Comment #1 posted on November 17, 2011, 9:01 PM
I really didn't care for this book. It's not because it's not the type of book I like to read, I love reading any type of book, but because in my opinon of being published in a book, check out the book of spring 2011 "A Celebration of Writers" and look for the name Mickyala O'Connor, anyways, like I said in my opinion, I just didn't find the book that intersting because it didn't seem that real to me, I know it was a real event and all, but there just didn't seem to be enough information for me. I thought I would like this book because I'm Christian and I like books based on the Holocaust. I just didn't care for it. Sorry.
Mickyala, Canora Composite School
Comment #2 posted on November 27, 2011, 6:51 PM
Mickyala, I think you need to go back and look a the time and setting of the book since it happened long before 1939.
Moira

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