Having left Nazi-occupied Vienna a year ago, thirteen-year-old Jewish refugee Stephie Steiner adapts to life in the cultured Swedish city of Gothenburg, where she attends school, falls in love, and worries about her parents who were not allowed to emigrate.
Photographs and text provide information about the geography, history, government, language, culture, food, traditions, and other aspects of Sweden, and includes discussion of the country's relations with the U.S. and Canada.
In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to flee the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.
Pippi Longstocking and her monkey contend with burglars, fight the strongest man in the world at the circus and play tag with the police in this animated adventure.
Oskar, a friendless, twelve-year-old living in suburban Sweden in 1981, is not at all upset when one of his tormentors is found dead, drained of blood, and hopes that vengeance has come at last--not realizing his wish has come true with the arrival of Eli, a strange new neighbor girl who only comes out at night.
Stefan loves his grandma's delicious Swedish pancakes, but since it takes many hours to fly to Sweden from Jordan, he must find another way to have his favorite breakfast.
