Twenty and Ten
What's Twenty and Ten About
Looking for a story about courage to read to your child? One that instills character by virtue of its essence, and not by sermonizing? I always am, and this old favorite (read to me when I was nine) is luckily still in print.During the Nazi occupation of France, twenty ordinary French kids in a boarding school agree to hide ten Jewish children Then German soldiers arrive. Will the children be able to withstand the interrogation and harassment?Twenty and Ten is based on a true story – one of many similar incidents that took place all over Europe during World War II. It is a book that has much to say to children of any age. – A reader
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William Pene du Bois (1916 - 1993) won the 1948 Newbery Medal for The Twenty-One Balloons and received two Caldecott Honors for his illustrations for Bear Party and Lion. He illustrated books by Rumer Godden, Charlotte Zolotow, and others.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780780703759
- Publication Date
- March 1, 1978
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning
- Page Count
- 76
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 7 - 11 years
- Lexile® Level
- 630L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~O
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~4.1
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