W. Ross Macdonald School Library

White Bird : a Wonder story /

Palacio, R. J., 1963- , author, illustrator.

White Bird : a Wonder story / written and illustrated by R. J. Palacio ; inked by Kevin Czap. - First edition. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. - 220 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (217-219).

Tells the story of Julian's Grandmére's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend.

GN440L Lexile Middle grade / teen.

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2020

9780593487785


Grandmothers--Graphic novels.
Jews--Graphic novels.
Survival--Graphic novels.


France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Graphic novels.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Graphic novels.


COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Historical Fiction.

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