The Search - Softcover

Heuvel, Eric; Van Der Rol, Ruud; Schippers, Lies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374464553 ISBN 13: 9780374464554

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2009

Synopsis

Esther remembers her own experience of the Holocaust as a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, and recounts to her grandson Daniel and his friend Jeroen how she escaped from the Nazis and survived by going into hiding in the countryside. Her parents were not so lucky. Esther knows they were sent to a concentration camp and died there, and with Daniel's help she embarks on a search to discover what happened to them during the last months of their lives. After tracking down an old friend who now lives in Israel, Esther finally learns the shocking story of how her parents met their fates at Auschwitz.

About this title

About the Author:

ERIC HEUVEL is one of the top graphic artists in the Netherlands. He concentrates on writing and illustrating educational graphic novels―three of which, including A Family Secret and The Search, have won the Dutch Comics Association’s category award. He lives in Zaandam.

RUUD VAN DER ROL worked at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam for many years, and LIES SCHIPPERS is an editor and author there. They have both written and edited books and educational materials dealing with Anne Frank and her family, her work and her lifetime, as well as the Holocaust, human rights, prejudice, and discrimination. Mr. van der Rol lives in Castricum, and Ms. Schippers lives in Haarlem.

Review:

"Heuvel holds little back from his audience, presenting his facts starkly through Tintin-like illustrations that depict the atrocities without artifice. Gripping and visceral, these two volumes together are must-haves." - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0374464553
• ISBN 13: 9780374464554
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Heuvel Eric