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Johanna Reiss

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born

April 04, 1932 in Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands

gender

female

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Children's Books, Biographies & Memoirs

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Dutch-born American writer presenting her Jewish childhood in the Netherlands during the Holocaust. The multi award-winning 1972 'The Upstairs Rooms', where she describes how she and her sister survived WWII in hiding, has remained a YA classic.

Her latest, 'A Hidden Life', is a memoir for adults: in it she writes of her childhood traumas and her late husband's sudden suicide.

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Books by Johanna Reiss

Average rating: 3.81 · 2,870 ratings · 172 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Upstairs Room 3.82 avg rating — 2,755 ratings — published 1972 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Journey Back 3.59 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	My rating:
	A Hidden Life: A Memoir of August 1969 3.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2008	My rating:

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The Newbery Award...: 1973 Honor - The Upstairs Room	1	3	Feb 07, 2010 02:44pm
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