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Product details
- ISBN 9780099400578
- Weight: 99g
- Dimensions: 110 x 178mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 1999
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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It's spring 1942, and life in the Warsaw ghetto is hard and often brutal with the Jews subject to beatings and execution at the lands of the hated SS. Young Misha lives at the Orphans' Home run by the heroic Dr. Korczak. But the time is fast approaching when Misha must prove himself a hero too...
An English author of historical fiction for young people, Christa Laird has been consistently praised for writing moving, thought-provoking works that successfully blend real facts, people, and events with invented characters and situations. Recognized for her thorough research, Laird is noted for including an abundance of accurate information about the periods she depicts as well as prefaces and postscripts that provide further resources.
