Waltraut
Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Dot Mann
, Tanya Blake
, Marjorie Roy
, Emily Johansen
, Patricia Johnson
, Prabh Toor
, Jude Castillo
, Brad MULLER
, Darryl Taylor
, Katie Kah
, Deana Bueley
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, Penny Connolly
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Sarah Dalton
, Andrea Pole
, Tracy Johnston
, Marc-André Taillefer
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, Debra Fisher
, Noelle Walsh
, Sharon Forzley
, Virginia Reddin
, kristine hibbs
, Chris Carvalho
, Mary Therrien
, Desmond Tsang
, Natasha Andres
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Margaret Palmer
, Diana Richardson
, Rodney Cross
, Sharon Bird
, Janet Meisner
, Susan Toy
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, Jen Bailey
, Carol Saponja
, M M English
, Flatbush Library Library
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, Roland Schigas
, Melissa Kohlman
, Christine Lion
, Lynn Andrews
, Huguette Settle
, Melissa Poremba
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The story of a first-generation-Canadian girl growing up in the shadows of the Second World War and navigating two cultures while struggling to find herself.
Eleven-year-old Waltraut wants to fit in at school, but it’s not easy. Not only does her name rhyme with the ethnic slur that is often hurled her way, but no one can relate to her immigrant family and their complicated past. On weekends, however, she attends German school with friends who are just like her. They share a language, food, and customs—and they understand what it’s like to live in two cultures.
As Waltraut navigates between her two worlds, she copes by reading and imagines how much easier her life would be if her name was Nancy, like the heroine of her favourite mystery series. So when her family moves to a new neighbourhood, Waltraut seizes the chance to reinvent herself. But she soon learns the price of pretending to be someone else. With support from an insightful teacher, a warm-hearted father, a tough-minded mother, and even her annoying younger brother, she embraces her true self, with all of its complexities and contradictions.
