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It's 1933 in Berlin. The Nazis have seized power, and for thirteen-year-old Amelie Mayer life is changing in ways she never could have imagined. Her new teacher is picking on Jewish students, her friends are starting to shun her for not joining their Aryan youth group and her father is getting remarried. As tensions mount at home and school, Amelie embarks on a perilous journey-with nothing less than her whole future at stake.

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A secret heritage from her dead mother, a wicked stepmother, and beloved adults and helpful strangers along the journey. Girl on the Run delivers a satisfying coming-of-age adventure for its clever young heroine in gently curated historical realism. -The BookLife Prize

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Nancy McDonald began her career as a journalist working on television programmes, which include W5, Canada AM, and Marketplace before going on to become a sought-after freelance writer, penning everything from documentaries to live-action scripts to comic books. Nancy lives in Stratford, Ontario, where she revels in Shakespeare, takes theatregoers on tours of the Costume Warehouse, and treads the boards with the Perth County Players. She also works part time at Fanfare Books, Stratford's only independent bookseller.

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