Ebook {Epub PDF} Almost Autumn by Marianne Kaurin

It's October , in Oslo, Norway. Fifteen-year-old Ilse Stern is waiting to meet boy-next-door Hermann Rod for their first date. She was beginning to think he'd never ask her; she's had a crush on him for as long as she can remember. But Hermann won't be able to make it tonight. What Ilse doesn't know is that Hermann is secretly working in the Resistance, helping Norwegian Jews flee the.  · Almost Autumn is a heartbreaking story of one girl's coming of age during the holocaust and the loss she endures. Beautifully written, capturing the paralyzing fear under Nazi occupation, the novel ends with the hopeful message that love endures. Book Details: Almost Autumn by Marianne Kaurin (translated from the Norwegian by Rosie Hedger)Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. In this internationally acclaimed debut, Marianne Kaurin recreates the atmosphere of secrecy and uncertainty in World War II Norway in a moving story of sorrow, chance, and first love/5(13).

Almost Autumn Marianne Kaurin, trans. from the Norwegian by Rosie Hedger. Scholastic/Levine, $ (p) ISBN Buy this book Kaurin's subtly devastating novel traces the. Book Review: "Almost Autumn" by Marianne Kaurin. Ilse Stern is a normal year-old girl: she fights with her mother, daydreams about Hermann Rød, the boy next door, and can't wait for the chance to travel the world. Yet as a Jewish girl in Norway in , any semblance of normality will soon vanish. Almost Autumn By Marianne Kaurin - FictionDB. Cover art, synopsis, sequels, reviews, awards, publishing history, genres, and time period.

Almost Autumn is a heartbreaking story of one girl's coming of age during the holocaust and the loss she endures. Beautifully written, capturing the paralyzing fear under Nazi occupation, the novel ends with the hopeful message that love endures. Book Details: Almost Autumn by Marianne Kaurin (translated from the Norwegian by Rosie Hedger). Almost Autumn. Marianne Kaurin. Scholastic Inc., Jan 3, - Juvenile Fiction - pages. Book Review: “Almost Autumn” by Marianne Kaurin. Ilse Stern is a normal year-old girl: she fights with her mother, daydreams about Hermann Rød, the boy next door, and can’t wait for the chance to travel the world. Yet as a Jewish girl in Norway in , any semblance of normality will soon vanish.