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Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Sebastian Ritscher |
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NOWHERE BOY
This is the story of Ahmed and Max, two boys - a Syrian refugee and an American expat - who end up taking the greatest of personal and moral risks during an epic year in Brussels - and the world.
Katherine Marsh:
"The story is a "To Kill a Mockingbird" for the Trump era. It's about sacrifice, friendship, and choosing love and kindness over fear and hatred. It's about the power of stories to humanize and save us.
The book is based in part on my experiences in Brussels over the past year, news events that I've witnessed first hand and interviews I plan to conduct. It weaves together real history from several eras (WWII, the Civil War) with a compelling adventure story of children helping one another and pulling off great ruses and adventures. This book will appeal to teachers and librarians for its teachable messages and to kids as a the story of a diverse group of kids outsmarting an adult system. It is a natural prize contender and is sure to attract wide reviews and attention, especially considering my own personal story living parts of it."
The author lives on the real Avenue Albert Jonnart in a house with an old wine cellar, her children attend the real School of Happiness, a French-speaking Belgian school where they've had to learn French; and she has been in touch with Albert Jonnart's granddaughter whom she will interview this summer. Albert Jonnart was a leader in the Belgian resistance movement who hid Jews during the Hitler era and was executed for it. He will be a character in The Boy In The Wine Cellar, as will Ralph Mayer, a Jewish boy who was hidden by Jonnart in real life and whose story parallels Ahmed's.
"The story is a "To Kill a Mockingbird" for the Trump era. It's about sacrifice, friendship, and choosing love and kindness over fear and hatred. It's about the power of stories to humanize and save us.
The book is based in part on my experiences in Brussels over the past year, news events that I've witnessed first hand and interviews I plan to conduct. It weaves together real history from several eras (WWII, the Civil War) with a compelling adventure story of children helping one another and pulling off great ruses and adventures. This book will appeal to teachers and librarians for its teachable messages and to kids as a the story of a diverse group of kids outsmarting an adult system. It is a natural prize contender and is sure to attract wide reviews and attention, especially considering my own personal story living parts of it."
The author lives on the real Avenue Albert Jonnart in a house with an old wine cellar, her children attend the real School of Happiness, a French-speaking Belgian school where they've had to learn French; and she has been in touch with Albert Jonnart's granddaughter whom she will interview this summer. Albert Jonnart was a leader in the Belgian resistance movement who hid Jews during the Hitler era and was executed for it. He will be a character in The Boy In The Wine Cellar, as will Ralph Mayer, a Jewish boy who was hidden by Jonnart in real life and whose story parallels Ahmed's.
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Published 2018-08-01 by Roaring Book Press/ Macmillan |
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Published 2018-08-01 by Roaring Book Press/ Macmillan |