Reiss lives with her daughters in New York City, they make frequent visits to Holland to visit Mrs. The book was so successful that it spawned a sequel, The Journey Back, published in 1976, which tells the story of Annie de Leeuws and her familys return. And out of those feelings came The Journey Back, a story of the aftermath of the Second World War."Though Mrs.
I know this to be true of myself, and of others. Like The Upstairs Room, The Journey Back is an autobiographical memoir, chronicling the impact of World War II and its aftermath on Reiss and her family. Narrated by the author, this compelling story of a Jewish family struggling to reunite after three years of separation and hiding from the Nazis becomes a very personal account of a young girl's coming of age in war torn Holland. 1987) to The Upstairs Room (HarperCollins, 1972) is a vivid testimony to all whose lives were changed forever by World War II. They are strong, too, but wars leave emotional scars that take a long time to heal, generations perhaps. Grades 6-10-Johanna Reiss' moving sequel (HarperCollins, pap. From a political point of view, the war is over, but in another sense it has not really ended. `The fighting has stopped' `Peace treaty signed,' newspapers announce at the conclusion of every war. Reiss writes that soon after she had finished Tie Upstairs Room, she found "there was still something I wanted to say, something that was as meaningful to me as the story I had told in the first book, the story of a war. The book speaks for all people at all times and is as moving as it’s predecessor, The Upstairs Room.
Her first book for children, The Upstairs Room, was a Newbery Honor Book, an American Library Association Notable Children's Book, and a Jane Addams Peace Association Honor Book, and it won the Jewish Book Council Juvenile Book Award and the Buxtehuder Bulle, a prestigious German children's book award.Mrs. The Journey Back tells of what can happen to members of a family, Jews in this case, when reunion demonstrates they no longer know each other. In this fascinating autobiographical account, Johanna Reiss shows us that courage. Annie and her sister Sini, who have been hiding from the Germans for almost three years, are. For thirteen-year-old Annie de Leeuw and her sister Sini, Almost three years of hiding from the Germans in the upstairs room of a remote farmhouse have also ended. After she was graduated from college, she taught elementary school for several years before coming to the United States to live. The Journey Back Sequel to the Newbery Honor Book the Upstairs Room. How does it feel to leave the people you've grown to love - and go back to a family you no longer know Holland,1945 - World War II has finally ended. Johanna Reiss was born and brought up in Holland.
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