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Available
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Publication
Annick Press (2019), 272 pages
Description
"The second book in the middle grade series Heroes Quartet brings to light the little-known story of Marcel Marceau's heroic work for the French Resistance during WWII. Desperate to save her children from the Nazis, Henry and Helen's mother takes them to France to hide them in a convent disguised as orphans. During their stay at the convent, they experience visits from a local mime as the children's one source of joy, especially for Henry, whose traumatic experience has left him a selective mute. When an informer gives them up, the children are forced to flee yet again and the mime-a not yet famous Marcel Marceau-risks everything to save them."--
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
Language
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750L
User reviews
LibraryThing member m.belljackson
MASTERS OF SILENCE is a well told tale of two Jewish children escaping Germany with their Mother for
protection with Nuns in a Catholic Convent in Southern France.
The involvement of Marcel Marceau in the French Resistance as he helps children escape further past Nazis into Switzerland
is
Their Mother's return to Germany was the only part that didn't ring true.
protection with Nuns in a Catholic Convent in Southern France.
The involvement of Marcel Marceau in the French Resistance as he helps children escape further past Nazis into Switzerland
is
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enlightening and profound.Their Mother's return to Germany was the only part that didn't ring true.
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ISBN
1773212613 / 9781773212616