The year is 1944. Sixteen-year-old Johannes van der Meer's homeland has been occupied by the Nazis for four long years. While enduring food shortages and nightly air raids, the people of the Netherlands wait patiently for the liberation they know will come. But for Johannes the struggle to endure is full of bitterness. The fact that his father is ...
At noon, they saw a hairy black spider at the side of the road. The little hen pulled in the reins. "Halt! Stop!" she called. The wagon stopped beside the spider. The rooster has been kidnapped by the fox. What is the little hen to do? Go to the shed and build a paper wagon, that's what. With two Herculean mice in place of horses, the little ...
Daughter of Light martha attema Sidney Taylor Book Award Notable Book from the Association of Jewish Libraries CCBC Our Choice 2002 In the darkest days of WWII, nine-year-old Ria is determined that her mother give birth in a home filled with light. Despite the cold, harsh winter, German occupying forces have cut the supply of electricity ...
NY Public Libraries Books for the Teen Age List 2004 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award nominee 2004 CCBC Our Choice 2003 In occupied Holland during World War II, sixteen-year-old Janke Visser watches her father's and brother's involvement with the Resistance movement in their small town and longs to help fight the Nazi invaders. But there ...
The Rooster Has Been Kidnapped by the fox. What is the little hen to do? Go the shed and build a paper wagon, that's what. With two Herculean mice in place of horses, the little hen heads for the fox's house deep in the forest. On the way, she is joined by a cat, a brick a needle and a hairy spider, all desperate for a ride. Will they be able to ...
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