The Night Crossing

Karen Ackerman
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It's hard to leave your home and friends, but the Nazis have invaded Clara's native Austria, and her Jewish family is no longer safe. Clara and her family take only what they can carry and travel by night to the Swiss border, where they hope to escape to freedom. Soldiers are everywhere, and it is Clara's heroism that carries the family across the border, their lives and few precious possessions intact.
Genres: Historical FictionFictionHolocaustWorld War IIChildrensJuvenileHistoricalChapter BooksWorld HistoryJewish
64 Pages

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