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The butterfly

Author: Patricia Polacco
Publisher: New York : Philomel Books, ©2000.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : Primary school : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom. Based on a true story, this picture book tells of a little girl growing up in France during World War II who becomes aware that her family is hiding a Jewish family in the cellar. Since the Tall Boots--the Nazis--have marched into Monique's small French village, terrorizing it,  Read more...
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Material Type: Fiction, Primary school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Patricia Polacco
ISBN: 0399231706 9780399231704 0399226710 : 9780399226717
OCLC Number: 41380447
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Responsibility: Patricia Polacco.

Abstract:

During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom. Based on a true story, this picture book tells of a little girl growing up in France during World War II who becomes aware that her family is hiding a Jewish family in the cellar. Since the Tall Boots--the Nazis--have marched into Monique's small French village, terrorizing it, nothing surprises her. Until the night Monique encounters "the little ghost" sitting at the end of her bed. When she turns out to be--not a ghost at all--but a young girl named Sevrine, who has been hiding from the Nazis in Monique's own basement, how could Monique not be surprised! Playing upstairs after dark, the two become friends until, in a terrifying moment, they are discovered, sending both of their families into a nighttime flight.In the tradition of Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco once again dips into her own family's history to reveal her Aunt Monique's true story of friendship from the French Resistance.

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