Suzy Zail

The story of a Jewish girl sent to Auschwitz with her family. She falls in love with the wrong boy - the German son of the camp commander. "Being kissed by Karl Jager was devastating. And beautiful. War makes you do dangerous things." Hanna Mendel liked to know what was going to happen next. She was going to be a famous concert pianist. She was going to wear her yellow dress to the dance on Saturday night. But she didn't plan on her street being turned into a ghetto. She didn't plan on being rounded up and thrown in a cattle truck. She didn't plan on spending her sixteenth birthday in Auschwitz, in a wooden barrack with 200 other prisoners. Most of all, Hanna didn't plan on falling in love with the wrong boy.

The Wrong Boy

Hanna, a young Jewish pianist at Auschwitz, agrees to play piano for the commandant and his guests in order to keep her family alive, but she falls in love with the commandant's son in the process.

Playing for the Commandant

"Don't let her know you're scared," Alexander's father had said to him the first time Alexander had sat on Sari's back. Fourteen-year-old Alexander Altmann doesn't need to look at the number tattooed on his arm. A10567; he knows it by heart. He also knows to survive Auschwitz, he must toughen up. Being soft will get him killed. Alexander will take any chance he's given - and when that chance is caring for the German officers' horses he grabs it. He just can't let them know he's scared.

Alexander Altmann A10567

Die Geschichte einer unmöglichen Liebe

Der Klang der Hoffnung

In 1942 eleven year old Emil Braun cheated death when he escaped the clutches of the Nazis. Many years later, after making a new life for himself in Australia, Emil and his daughter Suzy face the greatest trial of all.

A Memoir

The Tattooed Flower

Fourteen - year - old Alexander Altmann doesn't need to look at the number tattooed on his arm. A10567: he knows it by heart. He also knows that to survive Auschwitz, he has to toughen up. When he is given the job of breaking in the commander's new horse, their survival becomes intertwined. Alexander knows the animal is scared and damaged, but he must win its trust. If he fails, they will both be killed.

Alexander Altmann A10567 (Large Print 16pt)

A young Jewish pianist at Auschwitz, desperate to save her family, is chosen to play at the camp commandant’s house. How could she know she would fall in love with the wrong boy? “Look after each other . . . and get home safe. And when you do, tell everyone what you saw and what they did to us.” These are Hanna’s father’s parting words to her and her sister when their family is separated at the gates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Her father’s words — and a black C-sharp piano key hidden away in the folds of her dress — are all that she has left to remind her of life before. Before, Hanna was going to be a famous concert pianist. She was going to wear her yellow dress to a dance. And she was going to dance with a boy. But then the Nazis came. Now it is up to Hanna to do all she can to keep her mother and sister alive, even if that means playing piano for the commandant and his guests. Staying alive isn’t supposed to include falling in love with the commandant’s son. But Karl Jager is beautiful, and his aloofness belies a secret. And war makes you do dangerous things.

De gave van Hanna Mendel / druk 1

Der 14-jährige Alexander muss nicht auf die Nummer schauen, die sie ihm in den Arm tätowiert haben – er weiß sie auswendig: A10567. Und er weiß, um Auschwitz zu überleben, muss er härter werden. Als ihm die Aufgabe zugeteilt wird, das neue Pferd des Kommandanten abzurichten, verbindet sich sein Schicksal mit dem des Pferdes. Alexander spürt, dass, obwohl das Pferd Angst hat und gequält wurde, er sein Vertrauen gewinnen muss. Denn, wenn ihm das nicht gelingt, sind sie beide zum Tode verurteilt.

Die Geschichte eines Überlebens

Was dir bleibt, ist dein Traum

PARENTHOOD. AUSTRALIAN. Suzy Zail's engaging collection of real-life stories celebrates the journeys of fifteen Australian mothers and provides a window into modern motherhood. Infused with fear, sadness, light and love, these remarkably intimate life tales reach out to everyone, but especially to mothers of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Fifteen Journeys to Motherhood

All You Need Is Love

Lulu

Pack of 4

Lucky

Something is going on at the Parker Street Pet Club. The pets are missing. What could have happened to them? Are they in danger? The Parker Street Pet Club aims to find out.

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Lillian's Lizard Is Missing

Pianista de la Auschwitz

14 anni e un numero tatuato sul braccio: A10567 Ispirato a una storia vera Il commovente tentativo di restare bambini nell'inferno di un campo di concentramento A10567: è ancora giovanissimo Alexander Altmann, ma non ha bisogno di guardare il numero tatuato sul suo braccio, lo conosce a memoria. Sa anche che per sopravvivere ad Auschwitz, dovrebbe irrobustirsi, ma è difficile in quell’inferno. Ogni giorno deve assistere a umiliazioni, violenze e soprusi indicibili. Ma Alexander ha imparato subito che per non morire bisogna essere forti e duri soprattutto nel cuore. Quando però gli viene affidato il compito di domare il nuovo cavallo del comandante di Auschwitz, in Alexander nasce un motivo di nuova speranza: se riuscirà a superare la diffidenza dell’animale e a condurlo al passo, forse guadagnerà il rispetto dei suoi carcerieri. Se fallirà, invece, sarà la morte per entrambi. Si può rimanere umani dove non c’è più compassione? Ispirato a una storia vera, un racconto toccante e commovente. «Suzy Zail è riuscita a gestire con la massima delicatezza una storia terrificante. Ha dato un volto umano a un evento tragico.» «Ho amato il protagonista, semplicemente perché è REALE!» «Una storia avvincente, che non riuscivo a smettere di leggere.»Suzy ZailHa lavorato come avvocato prima di dedicarsi a tempo pieno alla scrittura. In uno dei suoi libri ha raccontato la storia del padre, un sopravvissuto all’Olocausto. Vive a Melbourne.

Il bambino di Auschwitz

La pianista di Auschwitz

A timeless story about an alphabet, a daring adventure and a book who learns she is perfect, just the way she is. "I'm an ABC book and that's all I'll ever be," Arabella complained to her capital C. Arabella's Alphabet Adventure is the most beautiful and most borrowed book in the library - but only ever by children. Tired of having her pages torn by sticky fingers, Arabella slips into the Very Serious Book section of the library and takes an adventure within the pages of an African travel guide. But will Arabella realise that where she belongs is closer than she thinks?

Arabella's Alphabet Adventure

Fourteen-year-old Alexander Altmann doesn't need to look at the number tattooed on his arm. A10567: he knows it by heart. He also knows that to survive Auschwitz, he has to toughen up. When he is given the job of breaking in the commander's new horse, their survival becomes intertwined. Alexander knows that the animal is scared and damaged, but he must win its trust. If he fails, they will both be killed.

Saving Midnight

They told her that her body belonged to men and her mind didn't matter. They were wrong. "What if I don't want to marry?" Lillian held her breath. She had never said the words out loud. "Not want to marry?" Her aunt frowned. "What else would you do?" Set in a Ugandan village, Lilian has learned to shrink herself to fit other people's ideas of what a girl is. In her village a girl is not meant to be smarter than her brother. A girl is not meant to go to school or enjoy her body or decide who to marry. Especially if she is poor. Inspired by and written in consultation with young Ugandan women, I Am Change is the tragic but empowering story of how a young girl finds her voice and the strength to fight for change.

I Am Change

Una storia d'amore, di coraggio e di crudeltà Hanna ha quindici anni ed è una pianista di talento. È cresciuta in una famiglia ebrea della media borghesia ungherese, ma quando la città in cui vive viene rastrellata, dovrà conoscere insieme ai suoi cari gli orrori del campo di concentramento. Sua madre impazzirà dopo essere stata separata dal marito, e Hanna rimarrà sola con la sorella Erika ad affrontare un luogo agghiacciante e brutale come Auschwitz. Un giorno, però, le viene offerta la possibilità di suonare il pianoforte per il comandante del lager, una scelta sofferta per la povera ragazza. Una volta entrata nella villa del nazista, conoscerà suo figlio, Karl, ragazzo affascinante che sembra rinnegare la vita dello spietato padre. Di primo acchito, Hanna non potrà fare a meno di odiarlo con tutta se stessa. Eppure, man mano che passano i mesi, un altro sentimento per il giovane Karl si farà strada nel suo cuore... Dall’autrice del bestseller Il bambino di Auschwitz Un romanzo da ascoltare Una grandiosa storia di sopravvivenza «La pianista di Auschwitz è un resoconto crudo e impressionante dell’Olocausto, raccontato dal punto di vista di Hanna Mendel, una quindicenne innamorata della musica.» Lee Murray «Un realistico e inquietante ritratto di uno dei momenti più tetri della storia, compensato dal potere sovversivo dell’amore.» Publishers Weekly Suzy ZailHa lavorato come avvocato prima di dedicarsi a tempo pieno alla scrittura. In uno dei suoi libri ha raccontato la storia del padre, un sopravvissuto all’Olocausto. La Newton Compton ha pubblicato Il bambino di Auschwitz e La pianista di Auschwitz. Vive a Melbourne.

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