SONG OF A BLACKBIRD

SONG OF A BLACKBIRD

  • Publishing Company:

    FIRST SECOND BOOKS

  • Imprint:

  • Format:

    ONE SHOT

  • Creator(s):

    MARIA VAN LIESHOUT (ART AND STORY)

  • Number of Pages:

    256

  • Cover price:

    USD 17.99

  • Publication Date:

  • Age:

    YOUNG ADULT

  • Fiction/Non-Fiction

    NON-FICTION

  • Key words:

    WW2, HOLOCAUST,

  • Summary:

    Fight hate. Make art.

    In 1943 Amsterdam, Emma Bergsma’s world changes when she witnesses Jewish families being forcibly deported to concentration camps. That pivotal moment lights a fire within her, and she decides to join the Dutch Resistance. Before long, Emma is drawn into a clandestine world of printing presses and counterfeiters, with thousands of lives on the line.

    In 2011 Amsterdam, teenage Annick’s world has changed as well. A search for a bone marrow donor for her beloved oma leads to a shocking revelation: her grandmother was secretly adopted as a child. The only clues to finding their lost family are a series of art prints hanging on the wall—each signed by a mysterious “Emma B.”

    This timely graphic novel weaves together two timelines to reveal how art, in the face of political upheaval and nearly insurmountable adversity, can become our greatest lifeline.