 In this touching and powerful graphic novel told in flashbacks, Dounia tells her story to her granddaughter Elsa. At about age six, in Paris, Dounia found herself shunned by her teachers and classmates when she attended school wearing the yellow star, which identified her as Jewish. After police took her parents away in a scary nighttime raid, neighbors hid her from the Nazis in their apartment for as long as they could. She eventually was taken by Resistance workers to a farm in the French countryside, where she was protected by a loving family, and after the war ended, was reunited with her mother. Honest and direct words and full-color graphics mingle seamlessly to make this heart-breaking subject accessible to children. An Afterword explains that 84% of Jewish children living in France survived because of people who were willing to risk their own lives to hide and protect children from the Nazis and collaborating French police. mjw |
| Title: Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust Author: Loic Dauvillier Illustrator: Marc Lizano, Color: Greg Salsedo Publisher: First Second/Roaring Brook, New York Copyright: 2014 Original Language: French Translator: Alexis Siegel Original Title: L’Enfant Cachee Original Publisher: Le Lombard Original Copyright: 2012 ISBN: 978-1-59643-873-6 Hardcover pages: 76 Age range: 10 up Genre: Graphic novel, Historical fiction Book setting: Paris Author’s ethnicity: French Author’s residence: France Illustrator’s ethnicity: French Illustrator’s residence: France Awards: 2015 Mildred L. Batchelder Award = Older reader category, 2015 Sydney Taylor Award, 2015 NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Subjects: Comics, Grandmothers, Graphic novels, Hidden children, Holocaust, Jewish, Multigenerational, Nazis, Paris |
Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust
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