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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.
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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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