The Bookseller of Cologne
Original title : Le Libraire de Cologne
Publisher : Scrineo
Author : Catherine Ganz-Muller
Illustrator/Photographer : Myrtille Vardelle
Age : 14+
Category : Young Adults
Format : Paperback
Pages : 288
135 x 210 mm
16.90 €
Content : When a love of books is stronger than hatred…
Cologne, Germany, 1934.
Forced into exile by anti-Jewish laws, bookseller Alexander Mendel must flee to France with his family. He entrusts his bookstore to his young employee, Hans Schreiber.
Out of loyalty to his mentor and hatred of the Nazi regime, Hans resolves to fight — despite threats and bombs — to keep the bookstore alive during this tragic period.
The story of a bookseller, the ultimate hero in a country ruled by hatred and terror, who strives to make books… and freedom, triumph.
2021 Grand Prize for Youth Literature from the Société des Gens de Lettres
