by Uri Orlev · Grup Promotor, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416661503
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«L'illa del carrer dels Ocells» is the children's and young adult novel by Uri Orlev, published by Grup Promotor, S.L. in paperback (272 pages, in Catalan).
Set in Warsaw during the Second World War, it tells the story of Àlex, a Jewish boy who, after losing his mother and having his father deported, tries to survive alone in a ruined house while waiting for his father to keep his promise to return.
2017 edition of the work, originally published in 1981. It has received the Mildred L. Batchelder and Sydney Taylor Book Awards.
Recommended for young readers aged 12 and over, especially those interested in the Second World War and the Holocaust.
Uri Orlev born Jerzy Henryk Orłowski, was a Polish-born Israeli children's author and translator. He received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1996 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature", the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works in 1972 and the Bialik Prize for literature in 2006.
