The light in hidden places : a novel based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska / Sharon Cameron.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 377 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781338355932
- 1338355937
- Burzminski, Stefania Podgórska -- Fiction
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Fiction
- Jews -- Poland -- Przemyśl -- Fiction
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Fiction
- Przemyśl (Poland) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Poland -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
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Dr. James Carlson Library | YA Fiction | Cameron, Sharon | Available | 33111009426459 | ||||
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Main Library | YA Fiction | Cameron, Sharon | Available | 33111009597473 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The extraordinary story of Stefania Podgórska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sharon Cameron - now a Reese's Book Club YA Pick!
One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make...
It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemysl, Poland, singing her way into their lives and hearts. She has even made a promise to one of their sons, Izio -- a betrothal they must keep secret since she is Catholic and the Diamants are Jewish.
But everything changes when the German army invades Przemysl. The Diamants are forced into the ghetto, and Stefania is alone in an occupied city, the only one left to care for Helena, her six-year-old sister. And then comes the knock at the door. Izio's brother Max has jumped from the train headed to a death camp. Stefania and Helena make the extraordinary decision to hide Max, and eventually twelve more Jews. Then they must wait, every day, for the next knock at the door, the one that will mean death. When the knock finally comes, it is two Nazi officers, requisitioning Stefania's house for the German army.
With two Nazis below, thirteen hidden Jews above, and a little sister by her side, Stefania has one more excruciating choice to make.
This remarkable tale of courage and humanity, based on a true story, is now a Reese's Book Club YA Pick!
Based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska. Includes an author's note that outlines the later lives of Stefania, and the many of the other people who appear in the book.
Ages 12+. Scholastic Press.
Grades 9 to 12. Scholastic Press.
Sixteen-year-old Catholic Stefania Podgórska has worked in the Diamant family's grocery store for four years, even falling in love with one of their sons, Izio; but when the Nazis came to Przemsyl, Poland, the Jewish Diamants are forced into the ghetto (and worse) and only Izio's brother Max manages to escape, and Stefania embarks on a dangerous course--protecting thirteen Jews in her attic, caring for her younger sister, Helena, and keeping everything secret from the two Nazi officers who are living in her house.