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Masters of Silence (Hardcover)
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Masters of Silence (Hardcover)
Series: The Heroes Quartet
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List price R485
Loot Price R369
Discovery Miles 3 690
You Save R116 (24%)
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Kathy Kacer’s second book in her middle grade series about heroic
rescues during WWII tells the tale of siblings Helen and Henry, and
history’s most famous mime. Desperate to save them from the
Nazis, Henry and Helen’s mother makes the harrowing decision to
take her children from their home in 1940s Germany and leave them
in the care of strangers in France. The brother and sister must
hide their Jewish identity to pass for orphans being fostered at a
convent in the foreign land. Visits from a local mime become the
children’s one source of joy, especially for Henry, whose
traumatic experience has left him a selective mute. When an
informer gives them up, the children are forced to flee yet again
from the Nazis, but this time the local mime—a not yet famous
Marcel Marceau—risks everything to try to save the children.
Masters of Silence shows award-winning author Kathy Kacer at the
top of her craft, bringing to light the little-known story of
Marceau’s heroic work for the French Resistance. Marceau would go
on to save hundreds of children from Nazi concentration camps and
death during WWII. In characteristic Kacer style, Masters of
Silence is dramatic and engaging, and highlights the courage of
both those rescuing and the rescued themselves. Wenting Li’s
chapter heading illustrations and evocative covers provide the
perfect visuals for the series. Â
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