Daniel Half Human

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Daniel Half Human
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First edition (German)
Author David Chotjewitz
Original titleDaniel Halber Mensch
Translator Doris Orgel
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
Genre12
Set in1930s, and 1945 Hamburg
Published2000's by Carlsen Verlag
2004 by Atheneum Books
Media typePrint
Pages298
ISBN 0-689-85747-0
OCLC 46337404

Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi is a 2000 young adult literature novel by German author David Chotjewitz, translated into English by Doris Orgel. [1] The first US edition was published in 2004 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. The novel is set in Hamburg, Germany in flashback and forward between 1945 at the end of World War II and in the 1930s, during the rise of the Nazi party. It deals with the effects of antisemitism on two friends. It has been cited in 16 award lists, including as a Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Chotjewitz, David (1 March 2006). Daniel Half Human. simonandschuster.com. ISBN   9780689857485 . Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. Chotjewitz, David (12 October 2004). Daniel Half Human: And the Good Nazi. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780689857478 . Retrieved 4 January 2018 via Google Books.
  3. "New books in german: David Chotjewitz Daniel Halber Mensch". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  4. admin (30 November 1999). "Batchelder Award winners, 1968-Present". ala.org. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

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