Journey Back: Sequel to the Newbery Honor Book the Upstairs Room

The Second World War is over. Annie and her sister Sini, who have been hiding from the Germans for almost three years, are free again. They leave the hamlet of Usselo and the Oosterveld family that had sheltered them and return to their hometown. Their father also survived as did their sister, Rachel.The Journey Backtells of what can happen to members of a family, Jews in this case, when reunion demonstrates they no longer know each other. The book speaks for all people at all times and is as moving as its predecessor,The Upstairs Room.Reiss, Johanna is the author of 'Journey Back: Sequel to the Newbery Honor Book the Upstairs Room', published 2007 under ISBN 9780595430505 and ISBN 0595430503.