PublishedA & U Children, March 2025 |
ISBN9781761181795 |
FormatSoftcover, 256 pages |
Dimensions22.8cm × 15.2cm |
'So heart-rending and familiar, and so brilliantly, unforgettably different.'
Emma is a young student about to be drawn into what will become the biggest bank heist in European history: swapping 50 million guilders' worth of forged treasury bonds for real ones - right under the noses of the Nazis. Emma's life - and the lives of thousands, including a little girl named Hanna - hangs in the balance.
Almost seventy years later, Annick discovers something surprising about her family. Her grandmother needs a bone marrow donor but none of her relatives is a match. In fact, they are not even related. Desperate to find a living blood relative, Annick dives into the past, aided by her grandmother's only childhood possession, five copper etchings, and the name of their maker: Emma Bergsma.
In this stranger-than-fiction graphic novel, Maria van Lieshout weaves a tale about family, courage and the power of art. Deeply personal yet universal, Song of a Blackbird sheds light on a remarkable WWII story and sends a powerful message about compassion and resistance.
'Song of a Blackbird illustrates, with great tenderness, how the past lives within us. This is essential, illuminating reading.'
