Hitler's Daughter

Author: Jackie French

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Jackie French's books for children also include "Rain Stones", shortlisted for CBC's Children Book of the Year Award for Young Readers 1991, "Walking the Boundaries", a Notable Book in the 1994 CBC Awards, and "Somewhere Around the Corner", an Honour Book in the 1995 CBC Awards.

Three children in country Australia meet at the bus stop every morning and tell each other stories. This one is about Hitler's Daughter and the life that she leads in Nazi Germany. The story goes back and forth from the historical period and present day Australia. The story brings up the question of individual responsibility.

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Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year for Young Readers

Did Hitler's daughter, Heidi, really exist? - What if she did?

The bombs were falling and the smoke rising from the concentration camps, but all Hitler's daughter knew was the world of lessons with Fraulein Gelber and the hedgehogs she rescued from the cold. Was it just a story or did Hitler's daughter really exist? And i you were Hitler's daughter, would all the horror that occurred be your fault, too?

Do things that happened a long time ago still matter?

MORE ACCLAIM FOR HITLER'S DAUGHTER

First published in 1999, Hitler's Daughter has sold over 100,000 copies in Australia alone and has received great critical acclaim, both in Australia and the twelve counties where it has been published. Hitler's Daughter has also won or been shortlisted for 23 awards, both in Australia and internationally, including winner of the 2000 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Younger Readers. Hitler's Daughter has also been adapted into an award-winning play by the MonkeyBaa theatre.

Awards

Short-listed for Children's Choice Book Awards: Fiction for Older Readers 2002
Short-listed for Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Young Readers 2000

About the Author

Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 2014–2015 Australian Children's Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016 Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children's literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia's most popular children's authors and writes across all genres — from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi to her much loved historical fiction for a variety of age groups. ‘A book can change a child's life. A book can change the world' was the primary philosophy behind Jackie's two-year term as Laureate.jackiefrench.comfacebook.com/authorjackiefrench