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Calkins Creek
An imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, a division of Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 978-1-63592-625-5 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-63592-626-2 (eBook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Krasner, Barbara, author.
Title: Ethel’s song : Ethel Rosenberg’s life in poems / Barbara Krasner.
Description: First edition. | New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for young readers, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references. |Audience: Ages 13-17 | Audience: Grades 10-12 | Summary: “In 1953, Ethel Rosenberg, a devoted wife and loving mother, faces the electric chair. People say she’s a spy, a Communist, a traitor, a red. How did she get here? In a series of heart-wrenching poems, Ethel tells her story. The child of Jewish immigrants, Ethel Greenglass grows up on New York City’s Lower East Side. She dreams of being an actress and a singer but finds romance and excitement in the arms of the charming Julius Rosenberg. Both are ardent supporters of rights for workers, but are they spies? Who is passing atomic secrets to the Soviets? Why does everyone seem out to get them? This first book for young readers about Ethel Rosenberg is a fascinating portrait of a commonly misunderstood figure from American history, and vividly relates a story that continues to have relevance today.”— Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2022004253 (print) | LCCN 2022004254 (ebook) | ISBN 9781635926255 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781635926262 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953--Juvenile poetry.
Classification: LCC HX84.R578 K73 2022 (print) | LCC HX84.R578 (ebook) |
DDC 364.1/31092 [B]--dc23/eng/20220321
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First edition
Design by Barbara Grzeslo
The text is set in Sabon.
The titles are set in Impact.
Frontispiece:
Ethel Rosenberg in her apartment the day after husband Julius’s arrest, July 1950