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Sky : a true story of resistance during World War II : illustrated with photographs, documents, and letters from the author's collection / Hanneke Ippisch.
LIBRA - Special D802.N4 I66 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ippisch, Hanneke.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ippisch, Hanneke--Juvenile literature.
- Ippisch, Hanneke.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Netherlands--Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch--Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German--Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--Netherlands--Juvenile literature.
- Prisoners of war--Netherlands--Juvenile literature.
- Prisoners of war.
- Youth--Netherlands--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Youth.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Netherlands.
- Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Netherlands.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives -- Dutch.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 146 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : [Simon & SchusterBooks for Young Readers], [1996]
- Summary:
- The true story of a young girl's involvement with the Dutch Resistance during World War II and her subsequent arrest and imprisonment by the Germans.
- Contents:
- The Zeppelin, Holland, 1929
- The first school day
- My mother
- The doorbell
- The longboats
- My first love
- The war begins, May 10, 1940
- A girl scout camp
- Hoarding
- Family antiques
- Threatening happenings, 1942
- Curfew
- Joining the Resistance, 1943
- Traveling to the countryside, 1943
- The story of Martin
- Treasures we found
- No sounds while hiding, 1944
- The doorbell, 1944
- The silent day, September 1944
- A new job
- The secret network
- Friday morning
- Riding the bicycle
- The Battle of Arnhem
- The "hunger winter," 1944-45
- The lost bicycle
- A new fight, January 1945
- Sky
- Bricks
- Our daily bread
- Cell mates
- The mail
- The snowdrop
- A letter from my father to our relatives
- The interrogation
- The dungeon
- Out at last
- The celebration of peace
- The three Rivers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 144) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 068980508X
- 9780689805080
- OCLC:
- 33282016
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