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It is June 1941 and the war is not going well for England. Somehow, the Germans are anticipating the RAFUs flight paths, and shooting down British bombers with impunity. Filled with knife-edge suspense and rich, tantalizing characters, this is Ken Follett writing at the top of his form -- unforgettable storytelling from an unforgettable writer.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter...
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-- BRONZE WINNER – Foreword INDIES 2016, War & Military HONORABLE MENTION – San Francisco Book Festival 2017, General Fiction “A great historical novel, a touching family saga, and a noir wartime thriller all rolled into one terrific narrative.” —Lee Child, New York Times Set in Denmark in the darkest days of World War II, The Second Winter
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"When the Germans march into Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt exchanges his nobility for anonymity, assuming a new identity so he can secretly row messages for the Danish Resistance across the waters to Sweden. American physicist Dr. Else Jensen refuses to leave Copenhagen and abandon her research--her life's dream. While printing resistance newspapers, she hears stories of the movement's legendary Havmand--the merman--and wonders if the mysterious...
5) To Siberia
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In the years before the Nazis arrive, two young people growing up in Danish Jutland have dreams of leaving their frigid coastal town while coping with distant parents, eccentric family members, and the cold winds. In the aftermath of their grandfather's suicide, the arrival of puberty and most tragically, the German invasion, their idyllic childhood changes forever.
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c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
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After German forces occupy Denmark during World War II, fifteen-year-old Julie Weinstein and fifteen-year-old Niels Nelson and their friends and families try to cope with their daily lives, finding various ways to resist the Nazis and, ultimately, to survive.
11) Hitler's canary
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[2015].
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Ten-year-old Bamse and his Jewish friend Anton participate in the Danish Resistance during World War II.
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Young underground volume 4
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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After World War II, Peter and Elise seek to discover who is trying to destroy Uncle Morten for his work with the Danish Underground.
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2010.
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When nurse Hanne Abrahamsen impulsively shields Steffen Petersen from a nosy Gestapo agent, she's convinced the Lutheran pastor is involved in the Danish Underground. Nothing could be further from the truth. But the truth is hard to come by in the fall of 1943 when Copenhagen is placed under martial law and Denmark's Jews--including Hanne--suddenly face deportation to the Nazi prison camp at Terezin, Czechoslovakia. Days darken and danger mounts....
17) Into the flames
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Young underground volume 3
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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Their work delivering newspapers for the Danish underground lands twins Peter and Elise in a Nazi prison where they experience firsthand the importance of faith.
18) Beyond the river
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Young underground volume 2
Pub. Date
c1994
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While visiting their cousins' farm on the west coast of Denmark in the summer of 1944, eleven-year-old twins Peter and Elise learn the power of prayer as they work to rescue a downed British pilot.
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Young underground volume 1
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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When, in 1943, Germany plans to send all Danish Jews to prison camps, Peter and Elise, eleven-year-old twins, face danger trying to help their Jewish friend Henrik escape to Sweden.