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We Had to be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

We Had to be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport Hardback - 2020

by Deborah Hopkinson

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Hardback. New. Through the moving and often heart-wrenching personal accounts of Kindertransport survivors, critically acclaimed and award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson paints the timely and devastating story of how the rise of Hitler and the Nazis tore apart the lives of so many families and what they were forced to give up in order to escape.
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  • Title We Had to be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport
  • Author Deborah Hopkinson
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scholastic Focus
  • Date 2020-02-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9781338255720
  • ISBN 9781338255720 / 133825572X
  • Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.8 x 1.3 in (20.83 x 14.73 x 3.30 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 990
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1930's
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Germany
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
    • Topical: Holocaust
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019020130
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.531

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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/15/2019, Page 50
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 01/01/2020, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 11/01/2019, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 02/01/2020, Page 91

About the author

Deborah Hopkinson is the highly acclaimed author of thrilling, accessible, and compelling works of fiction and nonfiction for every reader. She has written over forty award-winning books, including Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist and Sibert Honor Book; D-Day: The World War II Invasion That Changed History; We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport, which was a Kids' Book Choice Award Nominee and a Sydney Taylor Notable Book; NCTE/Orbis Pictus Recommended Book, We Must Not Forget; Race Against Death, which School Library Journal called "impactful" in a starred review; and her series for Grades 2-5, The Deadliest, which are action-packed, photo-filled nonfiction titles about disasters throughout history, and the rollicking novel The Plot to Kill a Queen. Deborah lives outside Portland, Oregon.