Waltraut haas gestorben

The story of a first generation Canadian girl growing up in the shadows of the Second World War and navigating two cultures while struggling to find herself Eleven year old Waltraut wants to fit in at school but it s not easy Not only does her name rhyme with the ethnic slur that is often hurled her way but no one can relate to her immigrant family and their complicated past On weekends however she attends German school with friends who are just like her They share a language food and customs and they understand what it s like to live in two cultures As Waltraut navigates between her two worlds she copes by reading and imagines how much easier her life would be if her name was Nancy like the heroine of her favourite mystery series So when her family moves to a new neighbourhood Waltraut seizes the chance to reinvent herself But she soon learns the price of pretending to be someone else With support from an insightful teacher a warm hearted father a tough minded mother and even her annoying younger brother she embraces her true self with all of its complexities and contradictions WaltrautGoldstone s best book yet 1772035084 After publishing two brilliant young adult novels loosely based on her mother s traumatic experiences in East Prussia and the Soviet Union Tainted Amber and Crow Stone Gabriele Goldstone is back with a middle grade book set in Canada Waltraut is a captivating story about an inquisitive ten year old daughter of immigrants who desperately wants to belong somewhere but is constantly positioned as the Other Readers familiar with Goldstone s other books will for sure appreciate the mentions of themes introduced in the Red Stone series while fans of Nancy Drew will find Waltraut s intertextual elements especially appealing 1772035084