The Earth is Singing

Description

Title: The Earth is Singing
Author: Vanessa Curtis
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Format: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9781474958660

The Earth is Singing by Vanessa Curtis is a young adult historical fiction novel from Usborne Publishing Ltd. Set in Latvia during the Second World War, it follows Hanna Michelson, a fifteen-year-old Jewish girl whose life is changed by occupation, violence, and persecution.

Before the Nazis arrive, Hanna is a teenager with family worries, a boyfriend, and dreams of becoming a dancer. As the war closes in, her identity as a Jewish girl becomes the thing others use to define and endanger her, forcing her into a world of fear, loss, and impossible choices.

The novel explores the Holocaust, the Riga Ghetto, family, grief, courage, prejudice, and survival through a personal and emotionally direct voice. It is best suited for older teen readers and those interested in historical fiction that approaches difficult real-world history with seriousness and care.