Rescue

Title
Rescue

Personal Author EPSB
Jennifer A., Nielsen

Summary
657 days ago Meg's British father left their home in France to fight the Nazi's, leaving some codes in a jar for her to decipher, and Meg and her French mother moved to the Perche, a region in France near Normandy known for its forests; now Meg watches the German soldiers in town, and sometimes carries messages for the French resistance--but suddenly things have gotten much more dangerous: there is a wounded British officer hiding in her grandmother's barn, a family of German refugees who are trying to get to Spain, and the Nazis have arrived on the doorstop searching for the fugitives.

Year Published
2021

Physical Description
400 pages ; 22 cm

Note
Includes maps and study notes.

Subject
Family -- France -- Fiction.
 
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction.
 
World War, 1938-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Fiction.
 
Ciphers -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Perche (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
 
France -- History -- 1940-1945, German occupation -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.

Summary
657 days ago Meg's British father left their home in France to fight the Nazi's, leaving some codes in a jar for her to decipher, and Meg and her French mother moved to the Perche, a region in France near Normandy known for its forests; now Meg watches the German soldiers in town, and sometimes carries messages for the French resistance--but suddenly things have gotten much more dangerous: there is a wounded British officer hiding in her grandmother's barn, a family of German refugees who are trying to get to Spain, and the Nazis have arrived on the doorstop searching for the fugitives.

ISBN
9781338620993

Publisher
New York : Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2021.
 
©2021


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Kate ChegwinFIC NIEBook30574000603454Fiction