This omnibus edition contains all three books of the ‘Marianne Stories. November 2013, published by Tundra Books.ĭecember 2013 marks the 75th Anniversary of the Kindertransport. Touched by fire was named a notable book for older readers by the Sidney Taylor Books Awards, January, 2014 and an Honour Book by USBBY ( the International US Best Books for Young People) In 1911, she and hundreds of other garment workers are caught in a deadly fire that engulfs the factory.

She finds work at the Triangle Waist Company. September 2013, published by Tundra Books.Ī young Russian, Jewish girl, joins her immigrant father in New York.

“Congratulations on your beautiful graphic novel- it is subtle, elegant and touching.” Professor Judith Saltman, co author with Gail Edwards, of Picturing Canada-A History of Canadian Children’s Illustrated Books and Publishing, University of Toronto Press, 2010 Not having her own name, the way she is shifted around with people speaking to her in English and then in Welsh, the longing for her mother, all very poignant and real.” From Beryl Young, author of: CHARLIE, A Home Child’s Life in Canada, Key Porter Books. It’s the details of Marianne’s journey that bring it to life for me. “What a collaboration in this lovely and important book! The illustrations suit the dark story so well. A book that invites close reading, this will spark interest in the plight of all refugees.” Starred Review, Kirkus Magazine “Author and illustrator show their collaborative finesse in a wonderfully rendered marriage between text and art. The Award is given by Glowinsky Family Foundation. Then as today the refugee experience takes its toll on those who flee their homes because of persecution.Īwarded the 2017, VINE Award presented by the Koffler Centre, Toronto, Ontario, For Jewish literature for Children and Young Adults.

However her hope and resilience is finally rewarded. She must cope with new problems both in and out of school. World War 2 breaks out in September, 1939, and Marianne is evacuated to South Wales. Her snobbish English foster mother, is unsympathetic to the young foreigner. It is twenty four hours since she said good-bye to her mother, she does not know if she will ever see her again. Eleven year old Marianne Kohn is amongst them. On board the Rescue train are over two hundred children at risk from the Nazis. It is December, 2, 1938, the first Kindertransport arrives in England from Berlin. Western Canadian Jewish Berkowitz Award for children and Youth, 2018. SEEKING REFUGE is loosely based on the play Remember Me, Playwrights Guild of Canada and the novel of the same name, Tundra books. Shoemaker sequel to the Graphic novel, GOOD- BYE MARIANNE, Tundra books. November 2016, published by Tradewind Books. See my publisher's websites: and SEEKING REFUGE ,

Seeking Refuge by Irene N. Watts