Suzy Zail

Den judiska flickan Hanna Mendel drömmer om att bli en berömd konsertpianist. Men så kommer nazisterna till makten och allt förändras. Hannas hemkvarter förvandlas till ett getto och familjen transporteras till koncentrationslägret Auschwitz-Birkenau. Där tvingas Hanna spela piano för en publik som egentligen vill se henne död. Musiken och Hannas skicklighet som pianist visar sig ge henne en chans att överleva. Hon får dessutom hjälp från oväntat håll från en pojke som hon aldrig hade kunnat tro att hon skulle bli kär i, en pojke som är på fel sida

"What if I don't want to marry?" Lillian held her breath. She had never said the words out loud. "Not want to marry?" Her aunt frowned. "What else would you do?" In her Ugandan village, Lilian has learned to shrink herself to fit other people's ideas of what a girl is. A girl is not meant to be smarter than her brother. A girl is not meant to go to school, or enjoy her body, or decide who to marry, especially if she is poor. Inspired by and written in consultation with young Ugandan women, I Am Change is the tragic but empowering story of how a young girl finds her voice and the strength to fight for change.

They told her that her body belonged to men and her mind didn’t matter. They were wrong.“What if I don’t want to marry?” Lillian held her breath. She had never said the words out loud.“Not want to marry?” Her aunt frowned. “What else would you do?”Set in a Ugandan village, Lilian has learned to shrink herself to fit other people’s ideas of what a girl is. In her village a girl is not meant to be smarter than her brother. A girl is not meant to go to school or enjoy her body or decide who to marry. Especially if she is poor. Inspired by and written in consultation with young Ugandan women, and addressing the difficult subject of FGM, I Am Change is the tragic but empowering story of how a young girl finds her voice and the strength to fight for change.Endorsed by Amnesty International