The Cats in Krasinski Square (Hardcover, Library binding)

A young Jewish girl and her sister, "passing" as Polish in WWII Warsaw, plot to sneak food, brought by collaborating train passengers, into the ghetto. Their scheme is jeopardized when the Gestapo meets the train with dogs that sniff out both smugglers and contraband food. To foil the Nazis, the sisters gather up the feral cats of Krasinski Square in baskets. They release the cats as a distraction to the dogs, thus allowing the food to be smuggled into the ghetto. Skilled pacing renders the cat solution a satisfyingly subversive surprise while Watson's illustration of the flummoxed Nazis underscores the ensuing chaos. The illustrations, with their soft but firm line and monochromatic sepia-toned palette, have an appropriate retro look. Among the great historical avalanche of Holocaust stories, Hesse has found a little-known vignette that she treats with her customary modest but elevating free-verse style, making a grave subject enormously accessible, gently humorous, and affectingly triumphant. (author's note, historical note) (Picture book. 6-10) (Kirkus Reviews)

Newbery medalist Karen Hesse tells a harrowing, true story about life in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.
When Karen Hesse came upon a short article about cats out-foxing the Gestapo at the train station in Warsaw during WWII, she couldn't get the story out of her mind. The result is this stirring account of a Jewish girl's involvement in the Resistance. At once terrifying and soulful, this fictional account, borne of meticulous research, is a testament to history and to our passionate will to survive, as only Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse can write it.

General

Imprint:	Scholastic US
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2004
First published:	September 2004
Authors:	Karen Hesse
Illustrators:	Wendy Watson
Dimensions:	260 x 311 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	32
Edition:	Library binding
ISBN-13:	978-0-439-43540-6
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Historical fiction Books > Children's & Educational > Humanities > History > European history (other than Britain & Ireland) > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Historical Fiction Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > General Promotions
LSN:	0-439-43540-4
Barcode:	9780439435406

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