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.
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