Island on a bird street. Orlev W.

“Island on Bird Street”-the story of an 11-year-old Jewish boy, left without a family and hiding in the ruins of the Warsaw ghetto during the Second World War. Partly biographical, it was written in the genre of fascinating robinsonade, and immediately after the first publication in 1981 she received the most prestigious reward in the field of children's literature - the Bernstein Prize.

"Island on Bird Street" was translated into 17 languages Including the Swedish, Portuguese, Korean and Japanese, and was awarded the literary prizes of the USA, Sweden, Germany and the International Prize Janusz Korchak.

Roman brought Uri Orleva worldwide recognition and entered the ranks of the classics of world and adolescence Literature and lists of the best books about World War II and Holocaust. In Israel, a radio broadcast was made on this book, and then a television peppy, which was a huge success among Israeli guys. In addition, for the book “Island on Bird Street”, W. Orlev received several literary awards in different countries - in America, Denmark, West Germany.

for middle school age.