The Red Ribbon (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536201048)

Shining a light on a little-known aspect of the Holocaust, Lucy Adlington weaves an unforgettable story of strength, survival, and a friendship that can endure anything.

Three weeks after being detained on her way home from school, fourteen-year-old Ella finds herself in the Upper Tailoring Studio, a sewing workshop inside a Nazi concentration camp. There, two dozen skeletal women toil over stolen sewing machines. They are the seamstresses of Birchwood, stitching couture dresses for a perilous client list: wives of the camp's Nazi overseers and the female SS officers who make prisoners' lives miserable. It is a workshop where stylish designs or careless stitches can mean life or death. And it is where Ella meets Rose. As thoughtful and resilient as the dressmakers themselves, Rose and Ella's story is one of courage, desperation, and hope -- hope as delicate and as strong as silk, as vibrant as a red ribbon in a sea of gray.

Author: Lucy Adlington
ISBN-10: 1536201049
ISBN-13: 9781536201048
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 09/11/2018
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.10d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 507502 / Red Ribbon


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/08/2018
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018
School Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 116
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw