Search Results: Returned 9 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 9
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-- Defiance2011., Adolescent, First Second Call No: WAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1943, as the German occupation of France continues, the Tessier siblings increase their involvement in the Resistance while staying out of the way of the Millice, the Vichy military police. Includes facts about Charles De Gaulle and his support of resistance movements.
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2014., Juvenile, First Second Call No: Serious Topic Dau Edition: First American edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a graphic novel in which Dounia, grandmother to a little girl who wakes up after a nightmare, tells the story of her childhood in Paris, 1942, and how with the help of kind strangers she survived the Holocaust.
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2010., Adolescent, First Second Call No: WAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Although their father is in a German P.O.W. camp, Paul and Marie are barely touched by World War II in Vichy, France, in 1942. But, when their friend Henri's parents disappear, the children decide to hide their Jewish friend from the Nazis and soon find themselves involved in the French Resistance.
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-- Victory2012., Adolescent, First Second Call No: World War II NF JAB Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1944, as Allied forces move to retake France from its Nazi invaders, the Tessier siblings risk their lives once more and journey to Paris, where they are to deliver top-secret intelligence to Resistance workers.
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[2019]., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: GN PAL Edition: First edition. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In R. J. Palacio's bestselling collection of stories Auggie & Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian's grandmother, Grandmère. Here, Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grandmère's heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend. Sara's harrowing experience movingly demonstrates the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save lives. As Grandmère tells Julian, 'It always takes courage to be kind, but in those days, such kindness could cost you everything.' With poignant symbolism and gorgeous artwork that brings Sara's story out of the past and cements it firmly in this moment in history, White Bird is sure to captivate anyone who was moved by the book Wonder or the blockbuster movie adaptation and its message"--From the publisher's web site.
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[2019]., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 741.5 PAL Edition: First edition. Availability:12 of 12 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Tells the story of Julian's Grandmere's childhood when she was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village because she was Jewish and how a boy that she and her classmates once teased and shunned became her best friend and savior.
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[2019]., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: GN-HISTORY WHI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tells the story of Julian's grandma's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend"--OCLC.
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[2019]., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 741.5 973 Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Graphic novels Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tells the story of Julian's grandma's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend"--OCLC.
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2019., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: GR 741.5 PALACIO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian's grandmother, GrandmÈre. Here is GrandmÈre's heartrending story: how she, a young Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II; how the boy she and her classmates once shunned became her savior and best friend. Sara's harrowing experience movingly demonstrates the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, and even save lives. As GrandmÈre tells Julian, "It always takes courage to be kind, but in those days, such kindness could cost you everything." With poignant symbolism and gorgeous artwork that brings Sara's story out of the past and cements it firmly in this moment in history,
