Twenty and Ten

by Claire Huchet Bishop, Janet Joly

Overview

A powerful look at an unforgettable era in history

“If we take these children, we can never betray them, no matter what the Nazis do.”

During the German occupation of France, twenty French children were brought to a refuge in the mountains. One day a young man came to their school with a request: Could they take in, and hide, ten Jewish refugee children?

Sister Gabriel spoke up. “The Nazis are looking for those children. If we take them we must never let on they are here. Do you understand?”

Of course the children understood—but how would they hide them if the Nazis came?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140310764
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	03/30/1978
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	80
Sales rank:	259,048
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.22(d)
Lexile:	630L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 8 Years

About the Author

Claire Huchet Bishop was a Swiss-born American children's writer and librarian. She wrote two Newbery Medal runners-up, Pancakes-Paris and All Alone, and she won the Josette Frank Award for Twenty and Ten.

Editorial Reviews

"Originally published in 1952, this story is set in German-occupied France during World War II. Twenty French schoolchildren and a Catholic nun put their own lives at risk by hiding ten Jewish children from the Nazis. It is a never-to-be-forgotten saga with an ending that leaves readers cheering."— Mailbox Magazine

From the Publisher

Originally published in 1952, this story is set in German-occupied France during World War II. Twenty French schoolchildren and a Catholic nun put their own lives at risk by hiding ten Jewish children from the Nazis. It is a never-to-be-forgotten saga with an ending that leaves readers cheering.
— Mailbox Magazine

Deborah Zink Roffino