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Speak (2005), Paperback, 304 pages
Description
After German forces occupy Denmark during World War II, fifteen-year-old Julie Weinstein and fifteen-year-old Niels Nelson and their friends and families try to cope with their daily lives, finding various ways to resist the Nazis and, ultimately, to survive.
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Awards
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 4-8 — 2006)
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
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LibraryThing member crystalr
A story of a young girl growning up in Copenhagen. Everything is fine and safe until the GErman planes start flying over and dropping leaflets. Now her and her family live in fear of being torn apart and put into concentraion camps. this is her journey on trying to protect the ones she loves
LibraryThing member MAINEiac4434
Room in the Heart is a touching story of how teenagers deal with the Nazi occupation in their native Denmark. The main character is Jewish, while her friend and her brother, the other main characters, aren't, and it shows how different each of their experiences are under the Nazi occupation of
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ISBN
0142403393 / 9780142403396