Synopses & Reviews
The Nazis may have taken their home, but the family still has a guardian angel
In this emotionally rich story, a little girl and her family live happily in Paris until Nazi soldiers arrive druing World War II. She and her family must flee or risk being sent to a concentration camp, so they run into the woods, where they meet resistance fighters. But they're still not safe. They must cross tall mountains and sail in a rickety boat to England. Yet the whole time they're struggling to survive, the little girl thinks of the stone angel near their apartment in Paris and imagines it watching over her family.
Offering a never-before-told story of the Holocaust, Jane Yolen returns to the material she mined in the award-winning THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC. Filled with sorrow, hope, comfort, and triumph, this gorgeously illustrated book is sure to become a modern classicoffering adults a perfect vehicle with which to share a difficult subject.
Synopsis
A tale of friendship and bravery in the midst of unthinkable horror, this classic Holocaust story from master storyteller Patricia Polacco is a vital lesson in the power of hope. In this Holocaust story based on real events and passed from the narrator to her niece, the author-illustrator herself, Patricia Polacco once again celebrates the shared humanity of the peoples of this world.
Ever since the Nazis marched into Monique's small French village, terrorizing it, nothing surprises her. That is, until the night Monique encounters a little ghost sitting at the end of her bed. She turns out to be a Jewish girl named Sevrine who has been hiding from the Nazis in Monique's basement. Playing after dark, the two become friends. But when they are discovered, both of their families must embark on a nighttime flight. And Monique can only hope that the freedom of the butterflies in her yard will reach Sevrine as well.
Synopsis
Since the Nazis marched into Monique's small French village, nothing surprises her. Until the night she encounters Sevrine, a young girl who has been hiding from the Nazis in Monique's basement. Playing upstairs after dark, the two become friends until, in a terrifying moment, they are discovered, sending both of their families into a nighttime flight. Based on a true story. Color illustrations.
Synopsis
Since the Tall Boots--the Nazis--have marched into Monique's small French village, terrorizing it, nothing surprises her. Until the night Monique encounters "the little ghost" sitting at the end of her bed. When she turns out to be--not a ghost at all--but a young girl named Sevrine, who has been hiding from the Nazis in Monique's own basement, how could Monique not be surprised! Playing upstairs after dark, the two become friends until, in a terrifying moment, they are discovered, sending both of their families into a nighttime flight. In the tradition of Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco once again dips into her own family's history to reveal her Aunt Monique's true story of friendship from the French Resistance.
About the Author
Jane Yolen (www.janeyolen.com) has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. She has written over 300 books including
Owl Moon and
The Devil's Arithmetic. She splits her time between Massachusetts and Scotland. You can follow her on Twitter @janeyolen.
Katie May Green (www.katiemaygreen.co.uk) is the author and illustrator of Seen and Not Heard (October 2014). Originally from Shropshire, she now lives in Somerset, England. You can find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/KatieMayGreen or on Twitter at @KatieMayGreen.