The Light in Hidden Places
A Novel Based on the True Story of Stefania Podgórska
New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 377 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Sixteen-year-old Catholic Stefania Podgórska has worked in the Diamant family's grocery store for four years, even falling in love with one of their sons, Izio; but when the Nazis came to Przemsyl, Poland, the Jewish Diamants are forced into the ghetto (and worse) and only Izio's brother Max manages to escape, and Stefania embarks on a dangerous course--protecting thirteen Jews in her attic, caring for her younger sister, Helena, and keeping everything secret from the two Nazi officers who are living in her house.
Subjects:
Burzminski, Stefania Podgórska -- Teen fiction.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Teen fiction.
Jews -- Poland -- Przemyśl -- Teen fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Teen fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Teen fiction.
Przemyśl (Poland) -- History -- 20th century -- Teen fiction.
Poland -- History -- 20th century -- Teen fiction.
Burzminski, Stefania Podgórska -- Teen fiction.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Teen fiction.
Jews -- Poland -- Przemyśl -- Teen fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Teen fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Teen fiction.
Przemyśl (Poland) -- History -- 20th century -- Teen fiction.
Poland -- History -- 20th century -- Teen fiction.
Target Audience: Ages 12+.
ISBN:
9781338355932
| Availability | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
| TF Cameron | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Fiction | In |
| TF Cameron | Ballentine Indoors | Teen Fiction | Out (Due: 12/5/2023) |
| TF Cameron | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Teen Fiction | In |
| TF Cameron | Wheatley (Shandon) | Teen Fiction | In |
Based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska. Includes an author's note that outlines the later lives of Stefania, and the many of the other people who appear in the book.
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