What the Night Sings [Hardcover]

A Morris Award Finalist
Longlisted for the National Book Award

For fans ofThe Book ThiefandThe Boy in the Striped Pajamascomes a lushly illustrated novel about a teen Holocaust survivor who must come to terms with who she is and how to rebuild her life.

A tour de force. This powerful story of love, loss, and survival is not to be missed. --KRISTIN HANNAH, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Nightingale

After losing her family and everything she knew in the Nazi concentration camps, Gerta is finally liberated, only to find herself completely alone. Without her papa, her music, or even her true identity, she must move past the task of surviving and on to living her life. In the displaced persons camp where she is staying, Gerta meets Lev, a fellow teen survivor who she just might be falling for, despite her feelings for someone else. With a newfound Jewish identity she never knew she had, and a return to the life of music she thought she lost forever, Gerta must choose how to build a new future.

What the Night Singsis a book from the heart, of the heart, and to the heart. Vesper Stamper's Gerta will stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her story is one of hope and redemption and life--a blessing to the world. --Deborah Heiligman, award-winning author ofCharles and EmmaandVincent and Theo

AWALL STREET JOURNALBEST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF 2018
AKIRKUS REVIEWSBEST BOOK OF 2018 ...will leave readers gasping. —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Generously illustrated with Stamper’s haunting spot images and larger scenes, all in deep brown hues that evoke profound emotion, the book is a strong addition to the bookshelf of Holocaust fiction. —Publishers Weekly, starred review

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