After the War

Award: 
Best Books for Young Adults
Year this Award was Won: 
1 997
Press release title and URL: 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/1997bestbook…
Award Win Active Date: 
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 19:00
Defunct Winner UID: 
2 845
Winner Rank: 
SLCT
Sort field for winners: 
After the War
Winner Description: 
by Carol Matas. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Winner Blurb: 

A harrowing docunovel about 15-year-old Ruth, who after being liberated from Buchenwald in 1945, leads a group of children across Europe to eventual safety in Palestine. After Buchenwald is liberated at the end of World War II, Ruth, the only one of her family to survive, tries to go home. When she returns to her village, hoping to find a friend or relative, Ruth finds that everything has changed. With no place to go, she joins an underground organization that helps people get to Palestine, and risks her life to lead a group of children there.

Title of a book, article or other published item (this will display to the public): 
After the War
ISBN of the winning item: 
0689803508
What type of media is this winner?: 
Book
Winner Detail Create Date: 
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 12:13
Winner Detail Change Date: 
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 12:13
Winner Detail Change ID: 
201
Winner Type: 
PTMD
Award Winner Category (start typing): 
Fiction