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Macmillan Children's Book

A Family Secret

A Family Secret

A Family Secret

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While searching his grandmother's attic for likely items to sell at a yard sale, Jeroen finds a photo album that brings back hard memories for his grandmother, Helena. Helena tells Jeroen for the...

Page Count
64
On Sale
10/13/2009
Age Range
10-14

Book Details

While searching his grandmother's attic for likely items to sell at a yard sale, Jeroen finds a photo album that brings back hard memories for his grandmother, Helena. Helena tells Jeroen for the first time about her experiences during the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War, and mourns the loss of her Jewish best friend, Esther. Helena believes that her own father, a policeman and Nazi sympathizer, delivered Esther to the Nazis and that she died in a concentration camp. But after hearing her story, Jeroen makes a discovery and Helena realizes that her father kept an important secret from her.

Imprint Publisher

Square Fish

ISBN

9780374422653

Reading Guide

In The News

“Secrets are revealed right up to the present, and in all their complexity, they stay with readers forever. . . . this is a must for the Holocaust curriculum.” —Booklist, starred review

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A Family Secret

A Family Secret

$14.99

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