Parent Guide
Hannah lives in a crowded Boston tenement apartment with her Tanta (Aunt) Rose, her aunt’s friend, Vashti, and her two little sisters. World War I has begun and the city is struck by the great influenza epidemic. Hannah is sent to Albany, New York, to escape illness, but she mistakenly boards the train to Brattleboro, Vermont. Alone and beginning to be sick with the flu, she arrives in Brattleboro, where she is taken in by a kind German man, Klaus Gerhard. Klaus respects Hannah’s Jewish traditions and cares for her until she is well enough to return home.
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Will Hannah see her sisters again?
When Hannah's sisters Eve and Libbie fall ill with the influenza, Hannah is sent away. The detailed description lets you really get to know the characters. Over the span of several days, this book shows you how the influenza impacted their lives. Will Hannah ever see her sisters again?