Ashes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780142411124)

Berlin, 1932. Thirteen-year-old Gabriella Schramm's world is slowly, but steadily, crumbling as Adolf Hitler rises to power. The only thing that soothes Gabriella is her favorite pastime-reading. But then her country's tensions rise, the streets fill with soldiers, Gaby's sister's boyfriend raises his arm in a heil Hitler salute, and a family friend-Albert Einstein-flees the country. And her only solace-her books-come under attack. Will Gaby have to leave behind the stories-and the life-that she has always loved?

Author: Kathryn Lasky
ISBN-10: 0142411124
ISBN-13: 9780142411124
Publisher: Puffin Books
Language: English
Published: 02/17/2011
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 7.68h x 5.09w x 0.88d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 136111 / Ashes

About the Author
Award-winning author Kathryn Lasky has written many fiction and nonfiction books for children, including the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series upon which the computer-animated Warner Brothers film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, is based. Ms. Lasky is also the author of the Newbery Honor Book Sugaring Time. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.