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Author
Language
English
Description
Amid the turbulence of World War II, a young German woman finds a precarious haven closer to the source of danger than she ever imagined--one that will propel her through the extremes of privilege and terror under Hitler's dictatorship... In early 1943, Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty--working for the Reich or marrying...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company, LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy Austrian household. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1936 and the Second World War is fast approaching. And this is no ordinary house, as Pierrot will soon discover. As he is thrown into an increasingly dangerous new world -- a world of terror, secrets, and betrayal -- will Pierrot maintain his innocence? Or will he,...
Author
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
1a. edicíón.
Physical Desc
251 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy Austrian household. This is no ordinary home nor an ordinary time; it is 1935, in the home of Adolf Hitler. Pierrot is quickly taken under Hitler's wing and thrown into an increasingly dangerous new world.
Of German father and French mother, Pierrot has had a childhood not very different from the one of any child of its time....
Author
Description
When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy Austrian household. This is no ordinary home nor an ordinary time; it is 1935, in the home of Adolf Hitler. Pierrot is quickly taken under Hitler's wing and thrown into an increasingly dangerous new world.
Of German father and French mother, Pierrot has had a childhood not very different from the one of any child of its time....
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