The Whispering Town

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The Whispering Town
The Whispering Town

The Whispering Town

Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! The dramatic story of neighbors in a small Danish fishing village who, during the Holocaust, shelter a Jewish family waiting to be ferried to safety in Sweden. It is 1943 in Nazi-occupied Denmark. Anett and her parents are hiding a Jewish woman and her son, Carl, in their cellar until a fishing boat can take them across the sound to neutral Sweden. The soldiers patrolling their street are growing suspicious, so Carl and his mama must make their way to the harbor despite a cloudy sky with no moon to guide them. Worried about their safety, Anett devises a clever and unusual plan for their safe passage to the harbor. Based on a true story.

About This Book

By: Jennifer Elvgren
Illustrated by: Fabio Santomauro
Published by: Kar-Ben an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
7-11Age Range
3.1 AR
30Pages
EventSubject
530LLexile
15-30 minsReading Time
MGuided Reading
MFountas & Pinnell
28DRA