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Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis
Susan Hood, with Greg Dawson
Illustrator: Balbusso Twins
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Harper/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-308389-9
Keywords: Ukraine, music, Holocaust, Jews, World War II
Two Ukrainian Jewish sisters, both piano prodigies, use their wits and the help of heroic strangers to hide in plain sight in Nazi-occupied Europe. Greyscale illustrations. Maps, photos, letters, sources.