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What the Night Sings
written and illustrated by Vesper Stamper
Ages: 14+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf BFYR/Random House/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-5247-0038-6
Keywords: Music, Israel, Diversity, Holocaust
In a displaced persons camp after her liberation from Auschwitz, Gerta, 16, faces an uncertain future, bereft of her singing voice and struggling with her her Jewish identity. Copious powerful ink wash illustrations.