A Small Person Far Away

By Judith Kerr

Book Overview

Partly autobiographical, this is the third title in Judith Kerr's internationally acclaimed trilogy of books following the life of Anna through war-torn Germany, to London during the Blitz and her return to Berlin to discover the past... Berlin is where Anna lived before Hitler, when she was still a German child; before she spoke a word of English, before her family had all become refugees. Long before her happy new existence in London. But Mama is there, dangerously ill. Anna is forced to go back, to deal with questions of life and death, to face old fears, and to discover the past which she has so long shut away. Content warning: this book contains references to suicide, appropriate for older readers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0008726426
• ISBN13: 9780008726423
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

A small person far away

What a wonderful book! I thought that this was the best of all three. I would like Judith Kerr to write another one even though it's a trilogy.

A good book, but not as good as the others.

I thought that this was a wonderful book, and a fitting end, although I don't like the separation between it and the Other Way Around. I highly recommend it, and if any one else really enjoyed it and its predessors please email me.