The Red RibbonCaptivates, inspires and ultimately enriches Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 Rose, Ella, Mina and Carla. In another life we might all have been friends together. But this was Birchwood. For fans of The Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. As fourteen year old Ella begins her first day at work she steps into a world of silks, seams, scissors, pins, hems and trimmings.