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A study of the turbulent years between 1939 and 1945 explains how many children of Europe and Asia suffered the effects of World War II, focusing on eight children who waged their own wars and whose lives were touched by the conflict.
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Grade 7 Up?At first glance, this title appears to be yet another entry in the already crowded field of World War II 50th Anniversary commemorations. However, a closer examination reveals that this compact book contains emotional accounts of the effects of Nazi occupation and the Holocaust on Europe. Pettit's precise, readable prose matches well her unique approach to the subject at hand; i.e., she concentrates on the experiences, hardships, accomplishments, and heroics that took place in the lives of eight courageous children of the Resistance. These children include a 12-year-old Belgian boy who was a courier of secret messages; a 9-year-old German who endured Allied bombing raids, illness, separation, and psychological trauma; 15-year-old Elie Wiesel, who survived the extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau; a Japanese-American girl of seven, who with her family was sent to an internment camp; and a deaf-mute schoolboy who helped rescue and smuggle out of France a downed Royal Air Force pilot. Readers will surely agree with Pettit that "Each is a tale of remarkable courage." Nevertheless, the book has some flaws. There is some fictionalizing of feelings, thoughts, etc.; and in "The Story of Jeanne Wakatsuki," Pettit misquotes F.D.R.'s famous "date which will live in infamy." Nonetheless, it may lead some readers to Milton Meltzer's Never to Forget (HarperCollins, 1976) and R. Miller's Resistance (Time-Life, 1976; o.p.).?David A. Lindsey, Lakewood High and Middle School Libraries, WA
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0395765048
- ISBN 13 9780395765043
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
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