The light in hidden places
Title
:
The light in hidden places
Personal Author EPSB
:
Sharon, Cameron
Summary
:
Sixteen-year-old Catholic Stefania Podgórska has worked in the Diamant family's grocery store in for four years, even falling in love with one of their sons, Izio; but when the Nazis came to Przemsyl, Poland, the Jewish Diamants are forced into the ghetto (and worse) and only Izio's brother Max manages to escape, and Stefania embarks on a dangerous course--protecting thirteen Jews in her attic, caring for her younger sister, Helena, and keeping everything secret from the two Nazi officers who are living in her house.
Year Published
:
2020
Physical Description
:
377 pages; 21 cm
Note (Local)
:
Based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska. Includes an author's note that outlines the later lives of Stefania, and the many of the other people who appear in the book.
Personal Subject
:
Burzminski, Stefania Podgórska-Fiction.
Subject
:
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Fiction.
Jews -- Poland -- Przemyśl -- Fiction.
Holocaust, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Przemyśl (Poland) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Poland -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
Sixteen-year-old Catholic Stefania Podgórska has worked in the Diamant family's grocery store in for four years, even falling in love with one of their sons, Izio; but when the Nazis came to Przemsyl, Poland, the Jewish Diamants are forced into the ghetto (and worse) and only Izio's brother Max manages to escape, and Stefania embarks on a dangerous course--protecting thirteen Jews in her attic, caring for her younger sister, Helena, and keeping everything secret from the two Nazi officers who are living in her house.
ISBN
:
9781338355949
9781338573305
Publisher
:
[New York, NY] : Scholastic Inc., 2020.
©2020
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Edmonton Christian West | YA CAM | Book | 38515000491665 | Young Adult |