The Night Crossing
What's This Book About
Illus. in black-and-white. It’s hard to leave your home and friends, but theNazis have invaded Clara’s native Austria, and her Jewish family is no longersafe. Clara and her family take only what they can carry and travel by night tothe Swiss border, where they hope to escape to freedom. Soldiers areeverywhere, and it is Clara’s heroism that carries the family across theborder, their lives and few precious possessions intact. “An excellentfictional introduction to the Holocaust.”– “School Library Journal.”
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Karen Ackerman has written over 25 books for young readers, including The Night Crossing, A Brighter Garden illustrated by Tasha Tudor, and Bingleman’s Midway illustrated by Barry Moser.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780679870401
- Publication Date
- April 25, 1995
- Publisher
- Yearling
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1994
- Page Count
- 64
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 94010805
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 138039242
- Lexile® Level
- 960L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~W
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5.3
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 1
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 12492
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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