5 audio discs (6 hr., 15 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time
061500
Description
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CD audio
Note
Title from web page.
Performer
Read by Kathleen McInerney.
Note
Compact discs.
Audience
Grades 3-7.
Summary
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (author of Making Bombs for Hitler) crafts a story of ultimate compassion and sacrifice based on true events during WWII. The year is 1941. Krystia lives in a small Ukrainian village under the cruel, sometimes violent, occupation of the Soviets. So when the Nazis march into town to liberate them, many of Krystia's neighbors welcome the troops with celebrations, hoping for a better life. But conditions don't improve as expected. Krystia's friend Dolik and the other Jewish people in town warn that their new occupiers may only bring darker days. The worst begins to happen when the Nazis blamed the Jews for murders they didn't commit. As the Nazis forced Jews into a ghetto, Krystia does what she can to help Dolik and his family. But what they really need is a place to hide. Faced with unimaginable tyranny and cruelty, will Krystia risk everything to protect her friends and neighbors?
