Bibliograph

The woman with the blue star, Pam Jenoff

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The woman with the blue star, Pam Jenoff

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The woman with the blue star

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1249702882

Responsibility statement

Pam Jenoff

Summary

Inspired by the harrowing true stories of those who hid from the Nazis in the sewers, this emotional testament to the power of friendship follows Ella, an affluent Polish girl, as she helps Sadie and her pregnant mother survive despite the worsening dangers of the war1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents in the Kraków Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous tunnels beneath the city. One day she sees a girl about her own age buying flowers. Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of relative ease with her stepmother, who has developed close alliances with the occupying Germans. Ella begins to aid Sadie and the two become close. As the dangers of the war worsen, their lives are set on a collision course that will test them in the face of overwhelming odds. -- adapted from jacket

Target audience

adult

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