Waiting for the Storks

By Katrina Nannestad | Publisher: ABC Books

About the book

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad.


I don't want to remember the truck, or the night I was taken, or the family I left behind. I am not a sad Polish girl. I am a good and happy German girl.

I am. I am. I am.

It's the Second World War and Himmler's Lebensborn Program is in full flight when eight-year-old Zofia Ulinski is kidnapped by the Germans. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, just like the other Polish children taken from their families and robbed of their names, their language, their heritage.

But when Zofia is adopted into a wealthy and loving German family, it is easier, it is safer to bury her past, deep down, so everything is forgotten. Until the Polish boy arrives.

And the past comes back to haunt her.

From Katrina Nannestad, multi-award-winning author of We Are Wolves and Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief, comes a story about family lost and found, and the choices we make when we don't have a choice at all.

AWARDS

Notable - CBCA Younger Reader's Book 2023

Longlisted - Book Links 2023 Award for Children's Historical Fiction

Winner - QLD Literary Awards 2023 (Children's Book Award)

Editions of Waiting for the Storks

Hardcover
ISBN 9780733342271
EBook
ISBN 9781460714584

Read an Excerpt

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad.


I don't want to remember the truck, or the night I was taken, or the family I left behind. I am not a sad Polish girl. I am a good and happy German girl.

I am. I am. I am.

It's the Second World War and Himmler's Lebensborn Program is in full flight when eight-year-old Zofia Ulinski is kidnapped by the Germans. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, just like the other Polish children taken from their families and robbed of their names, their language, their heritage.

But when Zofia is adopted into a wealthy and loving German family, it is easier, it is safer to bury her past, deep down, so everything is forgotten. Until the Polish boy arrives.

And the past comes back to haunt her.

From Katrina Nannestad, multi-award-winning author of We Are Wolves and Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief, comes a story about family lost and found, and the choices we make when we don't have a choice at all.

AWARDS

Notable - CBCA Younger Reader's Book 2023

Longlisted - Book Links 2023 Award for Children's Historical Fiction

Winner - QLD Literary Awards 2023 (Children's Book Award)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Waiting for the Storks about?

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad.


I don't want to remember the truck, or the night I was taken, or the family I left behind. I am not a sad Polish girl. I am a good and happy German girl.

I am. I am. I am.

It's the Second World War and Himmler's Lebensborn Program is in full flight when eight-year-old Zofia Ulinski is kidnapped by the Germans. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, just like the other Polish children taken from their families and robbed of their names, their language, their heritage.

But when Zofia is adopted into a wealthy and loving German family, it is easier, it is safer to bury her past, deep down, so everything is forgotten. Until the Polish boy arrives.

And the past comes back to haunt her.

From Katrina Nannestad, multi-award-winning author of We Are Wolves and Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief, comes a story about family lost and found, and the choices we make when we don't have a choice at all.

AWARDS

Notable - CBCA Younger Reader's Book 2023

Longlisted - Book Links 2023 Award for Children's Historical Fiction

Winner - QLD Literary Awards 2023 (Children's Book Award)

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Waiting for the Storks?

Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories > Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction

Where can I read a sample of Waiting for the Storks?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780733342271

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Waiting for the Storks?

Katrina Nannestad

Who is the Publisher of the book Waiting for the Storks?

ABC Books

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Waiting for the Storks is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780733342271) and ebook(ISBN 9781460714584)

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