Join us for an evening with Alice Hoffman, NYT Best-Selling author of more than 30 works of fiction, including the popular novel, Practical Magic!
In conversation with Talya Sokoll, school librarian, author of educational guides for YA and Middle Grade books, and mikveh guide.
Based on extensive research and published in cooperation with the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Hoffman delivers When We Flew Away, a stunning novel about one of contemporary history’s most acclaimed figures, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank’s life before she went into hiding. With the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, the Frank family’s life is turned inside out, blow by blow, restriction by restriction. Prejudice, loss, and terror run rampant, and Anne is forced to bear witness as ordinary people become monsters, and children and families are caught up in the inescapable tide of violence. In the midst of impossible danger, Anne, audacious and creative and fearless, discovers who she truly is. With a wisdom far beyond her years, she will become a writer who will go on to change the world as we know it.
This event is FREE for students.
Community Partners: Abbot Public Library, Clifton Lutheran Church, Congregation Shirat Hayam, Epstein Hillel School, Lappin Foundation, Marblehead Council on Aging, Marblehead Public Schools, Marblehead Task Force Against Discrimination, PJ Our Way, S.U.R.E. Diversity,
Salem State Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Seaglass Village, Swampscott Council on Aging, Swampscott Public Library, Temple Emanu-El,
Temple Sinai
