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Song of a Blackbird

Maria van Lieshout

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#4659 of 8,085 books · #399 in Young Adult

Shortlisted for the Michael L. Printz Award (2026).

In 1943 Amsterdam, Emma Bergsma's world changes when she witnesses Jewish families being forcibly deported to concentration camps. In that moment, she decides to joins the Dutch Resistance. In 2011 Amsterdam, 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."

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Publisher
First Second Books
ISBN-13
9781250869814
Topics
World War II resistanceFamily secrets across generationsJewish persecution and rescue

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