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On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It
Michael Rosen
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-1810-7
Keywords: migration, refugees, war, displacement, holocaust, antisemitism, memories
The Polish-Jewish poet explores his childhood in postwar London, his family's experiences of World War II, the fate of missing relatives, and migration today. Free verse. Blue-wash watercolor illustrations.