Recommended Age:
10
+
Ideal for independent readers who enjoy immersive, character-driven historical fiction with suspenseful narrative pacing.
About the Book
In German-occupied Copenhagen in 1943, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen helps her family smuggle her Jewish best friend Ellen and her family to safety in Sweden, risking everything in the process. The novel presents the danger and moral clarity of resistance through a child's eyes, drawing on the true history of the Danish rescue of Danish Jews. A tense, moving, and beautifully written historical novel about courage and friendship.
Content Ratings
💡
Mild Themes
The story exposes a young child to the reality of Nazi persecution, Jewish deportation, and the constant danger of discovery. The fear, loss, and moral weight of protecting others under occupation create genuine emotional intensity.
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Mild Violence
German soldiers conduct frightening searches. Family members are killed. The threat of arrest and deportation creates tension.
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Published:
1989
Page Count:
137
