The a novel based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska Cameron, Sharon 1970- creator author. text Young adult fiction. Historical fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) nyu 2020 2020 First edition. monographic eng

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377 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. 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. Ages 12+. Grades 9 to 12. HL650L Lexile. Decoding demand: 92 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 90 (very high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile. adolescent Sharon Cameron. Based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska. Includes an author's note that outlines the later lives of Stefania, and many of the other people who appear in the book. Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.2 15 506449. e-pl--- Burzminski, Stefania Podgórska Juvenile fiction Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust Juvenile fiction Jews Poland Przemyśl Juvenile fiction Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland Juvenile fiction World War, 1939-1945 Poland Juvenile fiction Przemyśl (Poland) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Poland History 20th century Juvenile fiction 813.6 Fic 9781338355932 2019025341 NJQ/DLC 190703 20211006105727.0 1107805490 eng