A Family Secret

A Family SecretWhile searching his grandmother's attic for likely items to sell at a yard sale, Jeroen finds a photo album that brings back hard memories for his grandmother, Helena. Helena tells Jeroen for the first time about her experiences during the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War, and mourns the loss of her Jewish best friend, Esther. Helena believes that her own father, a policeman and Nazi sympathizer, delivered Esther to the

While searching his grandmother's attic for likely items to sell at a yard sale, Jeroen finds a photo album that brings back hard memories for his grandmother, Helena. Helena tells Jeroen for the first time about her experiences during the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War, and mourns the loss of her Jewish best friend, Esther. Helena believes that her own father, a policeman and Nazi sympathizer, delivered Esther to the Nazis and that she died in a concentration camp. But after hearing her story, Jeroen makes a discovery and Helena realizes that her father kept an important secret from her.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 10/13/2009
ISBN: 9780374422653
Pages: 62
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 11.12h x 8.32w x 0.18d

Review Citations: Booklist 09/15/2009 pg. 58
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2010 pg. 200

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 132844 / Family Secret
Reading Level: 3.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1