Twenty and Ten - by Claire Huchet Bishop & Janet Joly (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Twenty school children hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis occupying France during World War II.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A powerful look at an unforgettable era in history <p/>"If we take these children, we can never betray them, no matter what the Nazis do." <p/> During the German occupation of France, twenty French children were brought to a refuge in the mountains. One day a young man came to their school with a request: Could they take in, and hide, ten Jewish refugee children? <p/> Sister Gabriel spoke up. "The Nazis are looking for those children. If we take them we must never let on they are here. Do you understand?" <p/> Of course the children understood--but how would they hide them if the Nazis came?<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Originally published in 1952, this story is set in German-occupied France during World War II. Twenty French schoolchildren and a Catholic nun put their own lives at risk by hiding ten Jewish children from the Nazis. It is a never-to-be-forgotten saga with an ending that leaves readers cheering.-- <i>Mailbox Magazine</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Claire Huchet Bishop was a Swiss-born American children's writer and librarian. She wrote two Newbery Medal runners-up, <i>Pancakes-Paris </i>and <i>All Alone</i>, and she won the Josette Frank Award for <i>Twenty and Ten</i>.
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