Bibliograph

The light in hidden places, a novel based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska, Sharon Cameron

Type

Label

The light in hidden places, a novel based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska, Sharon Cameron

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 12+, Scholastic Press

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 9 to 12, Scholastic Press

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The light in hidden places

Oclc number

1107805490

Responsibility statement

Sharon Cameron

Series statement

Reese's YA book club

Sub title

a novel based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska

Summary

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

Target audience

adolescent

Classification

Creator