[CALIBK12] THE NIGHT OF THE BURNING: DEVORAH'S STORY

[Pilling, George]

I am forwarding the message below to CALIB folks on behalf of the
author. 
 
George Pilling
District Library Media Supervisor
Visalia Unified School District
Visalia Learning Center
630 S. Atwood St.
Visalia  CA  93277
 
(559) 730-7349
FAX (559) 730-7693
gpilling at visalia.k12.ca.us
http://visalia.k12.ca.us/library

 


	Available FREE SETS of Sidney Taylor Award-Winning Book!
	FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, WHILE SUPPLIES LAST
	
	Dear Librarians and Educators,
	
	I am the author of  THE NIGHT OF THE BURNING: DEVORAH'S STORY 
	(Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2006, Bloomsbury, UK, 2007 and 2008)
	
	A benefactor has generously offered to purchase sets of books
for 
	classes (best for 5th-7th grade) or bookclub participants (story
has 
	been well received at adult bookgroups).
	Please note that they cannot be re-sold.
	
	Email me at lpwulf at ix.netcom.com with your street address (no
P.O. 
	Boxes), the number of books you would like, and what you will be

	using them for.
	
	I am sometimes available to read and talk to groups.  I do not
charge 
	an honorarium.  Cost include airfare from Oakland, California,
hotel, 
	meals only.  References available upon request.
	
	More information about the book is below.
	
	Best wishes,
	Linda Press Wulf
	lpwulf at ix.netcom.com
	
	
	
	THE NIGHT OF THE BURNING: DEVORAH'S STORY   by Linda Press Wulf
	(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006; Bloomsbury, London, 2007 and
2008).
	
	A Polish girl and her little sister endure the ravages of the
First 
	World War, a pogrom in her Jewish village, and the loss of her 
	parents.  Then a kindly philanthropist called Isaac Ochberg 
	transports them, in a group of 200 orphans, to safety in South 
	Africa  -- and separation.  This novel was inspired by the
childhood 
	of the author's mother-in-law.
	
	Awards
	
	Sidney Taylor Honor Award
	A Booksense.com Winter Children's Pick
	Selected for lists of the best children's books of 2006 by
	* the New York Public Library ("100 Titles for Reading and
Sharing")
	* the Cooperative Children's Book Center ("CCBC Choices 2007")
	* the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of
Education
	* the "Forward"
	A California Writers Club First Prize for children's fiction
manuscript
	Sidney Taylor Manuscript Award
	
	Reviews
	
	"An insightful exploration of the effects of traumatic
experiences, 
	and an ultimately hopeful portrait of a young girl. ... [A]
masterful 
	job of showing the complexity of relationships among religious
and 
	ethnic groups in [South Africa and Poland]. ... The
relationships 
	between the protagonist, her adoptive parents, and their
domestic 
	worker are particularly well realized.  However, the light that 
	shines through this book is the carefully imagined and described

	process of painful but ultimatley positive personal growth that 
	Devorah experiences."  --School Library Journal
	
	[T]he story is gripping . . .."  -Hazel Rochman, Booklist
	
	"Heartbreaking & poignant with a positive conclusion . . . A
haunting 
	work of historical fiction"  -Kirkus Reviews
	
	"Devorah's narration alternates between flashbacks to life in
the 
	sisters' Polish village of Domachevo and their later experiences
as 
	orphans, and both tales are equally touching and engrossing; her

	observations of the way black South Africans are accorded
underclass 
	status within their own country leads to provocative comparisons
with 
	her own sudden class reversal as a member of a relatively
privileged 
	white community."   -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
	
	"With bittersweet overtones, it reminds the reader of human
savagery 
	yet also shows the caring strength of one man and the power of 
	sisterly ties."   -selected and reviewed by Lesley Agnew,
leading 
	independent bookseller, for  "Teenage Previews for March-June,"
The 
	Bookseller, U.K.
	
	"A simply written, but extremely powerful, novel . . .  Wulf
displays 
	great skill in her poignant handling of one of the darkest
periods of 
	20th century history.   [The sisters] are drawn with remarkable 
	sympathy and understanding . . . [A] very impressive achievement
. . 
	. conveying to young readers some notion of the depths of evil
to 
	which humanity can sink, but at the same time demonstrating to
them 
	the strengths of resilience, tolerance & love."-Robert Dunbar,
The Irish Times
	
	Find more information about the story at www.LindaPressWulf.com.
	
	
	

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