
SONG OF A BLACKBIRD
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Publishing Company:
FIRST SECOND BOOKS
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Imprint:
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Format:
ONE SHOT
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Creator(s):
MARIA VAN LIESHOUT (ART AND STORY)
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Number of Pages:
256
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Cover price:
USD 17.99
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Publication Date:
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Age:
YOUNG ADULT
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Fiction/Non-Fiction
NON-FICTION
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Key words:
WW2, HOLOCAUST,
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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.