Hidden on the Mountain: Stories of Children Sheltered from the Nazis in Le Chambon

by Karen Gray Ruelle

Other authorsDeborah Durland DeSaix (Author)
Hardcover, 2006

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Time-Continuity-Change, NCSS Standards Theme--Individual Development and Identity, NCSS Standards Theme--People-Places-Environments, World History and Culture, Reading Level-Middle (6-8)Reading Level-High (9-12), Reading Level-Middle (6-8), Reading Level-High (9-12)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Holiday House (2006), Edition: First Edition, 275 pages

Description

Forced to flee the Nazi Army, Jewish families found a safe haven in a small town in Le Chambon, France, where a community of Protestants, having once been persecuted for their religion, sympathized with their struggle and did all they could to hide them from the invaders that sought to do them harm.

Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
CCBC Choices (2008)
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2008)

Language

English

Original language

English

Pages

275

Physical description

275 p.; 9.5 inches

ISBN

0823419282 / 9780823419289

DDC/MDS

940.53

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