My Real Name Is Hanna Lib/E

Masih is to be commended for shining light on a little-known piece of Ukrainian history and for portraying a Jewish family determined to survive the Second World War.

-- "Tilar J. Mazzeo, New York Times bestselling author"

Well written and highly recommended.

-- "Jewish Book Council"

Poetic and vivid. To strong effect, the loveliness of Hanna's thoughts counters the ever-present dangers of what she faces.

-- "Foreword Reviews"

It is refreshing to find an original voice that delivers such a harrowing, yet inspiring message for young readers. Hanna's veracity and indelible spirit honor the subject and the people exhibited by the author in this highly readable, affecting novel.

-- "Historical Novels Review"

Masih maintains a perfect balance of pacing and tension, and in Hanna creates a strong and inspiring young female protagonist...This book offers seeds of compassion to young and experienced readers alike.

-- "Small Press Book Review"

This debut historical novel is a brilliantly rendered memorial to survivors of the Holocaust...The story of the human spirit is richly embedded in the lives of a family trying desperately to not just stay alive but to stay together and to retain their faith. Verdict: A strong choice for young adult shelves.

-- "School Library Journal"

A carefully researched, often moving narrative of one family's struggle and survival.

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

A stirring story of survival, resilience, and love. Masih breathes life into the smallest of details, and gives us a powerful look into a world not often explored.

-- "Crystal Chan, author of All That I Can Fix"

Tara Masih's lovely, lyrical My Real Name is Hanna made me feel like I was reading a part of my parents' story that I'd neglected to write. Filled with breathtaking you-are-there historical detail, filigreed with touches of Jewish and Ukrainian folklore, Masih's tale of a young Jewish girl hiding out in the caves and forests of the Ukraine is a worthy addition to the canon of Holocaust literature for young readers. As fine, delicate, and artful as a painted pysanka egg.

-- "Helen Maryles Shankman, author of They Were Like Family to Me"

From the very first lines, this is a beautiful, compelling story. I was moved again and again by Hanna's courage. It takes a strong imagination and a great heart to bring to life a Jewish family's struggle to survive in such a dark time as World War II. In bringing light to the caves of memory, Tara Masih gives us the redeeming power of storytelling in this extraordinary story.

-- "Bobbie Ann Mason, author of The Girl in the Blue Beret"

A gripping story of courage and endurance in the face of Nazi terror. Tara Masih draws her readers into the lives of a Ukrainian Jewish family, into the persecution and unbelievable hardship suffered during the German occupation of their homeland. My Real Name is Hanna is a book that lives with you long after you have turned the final page.

-- "Diney Costelroe, author of The Girl with No Name"

It's said the Holocaust defies imagination. Tara L. Masih defies that notion. My Real Name is Hanna is a powerful, revelatory leap of imagination, taking readers on a journey with fourteen-year-old Hanna from the slowly enveloping horror of the Holocaust, to the literal and spiritual depths of being buried alive, and finally a salvation of ineffable joy and sadness-emerging from a premature grave into sunlight like a defiant young phoenix. An unforgettable odyssey.

-- "Greg Dawson, author of Hiding in the Spotlight"