The Cats in Krasinski Square
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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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Karen Hesse is the author of numerous books for young people, including Out of the Dust, winner of a Newbery Medal and a Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction; The Cats in Krasinski Square; and Letters from Rifka. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Grant in 2002, Karen Hesse lives in Vermont.
Wendy Watson has written and illustrated twenty-one children’s books, and has illustrated more than sixty children’s books by other authors. She divides her time between Phoenix, Arizona, and Truro, Massachusetts. For more information visit www.wendy-watson.com.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780439435406
- Publication Date
- August 1, 2004
- Publisher
- Scholastic Press
- Original Publication Date
- September 1, 2004
- Page Count
- 32
- Word Count
- 626
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 7 - 10 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2003027775
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 823123410
- Lexile® Level
- AD930L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~V
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~6.1
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