I am Sasha / Anita Selzer.
Publication details: North Sydney, N.S.W. : Penguin Random House Australia, 2018.Description: 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780143785743 (paperback)
- 0143785745 (paperback)
- 9781760146702 (epub)
- 1760146706 (epub)
- I am Sasha : based on an astounding true story
- Selzer, Anita, 1956- -- Family
- Selzer, Anita, 1956- -- Family
- Selzer, Anita, 1956- -- Family -- Juvenile literature
- Female impersonators -- Poland -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Juvenile literature
- Holocaust survivors -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Biography
- Holocaust survivors -- Victoria -- Biography
- Mothers and sons -- Poland -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
- Jewish refugees -- Poland -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Poland
- Female impersonators -- Poland -- Biography
- Holocaust survivors -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Biography -- Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile fiction
- Female impersonators -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile fiction
- Jewish refugees -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile fiction
- Holocaust survivors -- Victoria -- Biography -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
- Jews -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Holocaust
- Juvenile Fiction - Historical - Holocaust
- JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
- Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Europe
- History
- Holocaust survivors -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Polish people -- Australia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Mothers and sons -- Australia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Jewish refugees -- Poland -- Biographyy -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Polandy -- Juvenile literature
- Mothers and sons -- Poland -- Biographyy -- Juvenile literature
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Polandy -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
- Female impersonators -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
- Jewish refugees -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
- Holocaust survivors -- Victoria -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Poland -- Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Female impersonators -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Holocaust survivors -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Jewish refugees -- Poland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Poland -- Juvenile literature
- Australia -- Fiction
- Australian
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Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 940.531 SEL | Available | 068070 |
"Sasha's tale is based upon a true story, originally written down by Sasha's mother, Larissa, in her memoir, but all names have been changed. It is a tribute to all the survivors of the war - and to all those who did not come home. Sasha was actually my father and Larissa my grandmother. This is their story."-- Author's note.
It is German-occupied Poland in 1942 and Jewish lives are at risk. Nazi soldiers order young boys to pull down their trousers to see if they are circumcised. Many are summarily shot or sent to the camps. A remarkable mother takes an ingenious step. To avoid suspicion, she trains her teenage son to be a girl: his clothing, voice, hair, manners and more. Together, mother and son face incredible odds as their story sweeps backwards and forwards across occupied Europe.
Adolescent.