Winter in Wartime
Recommended by Sophie Roell, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #11 in Dutch
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'A book we should all read' - Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse
As the Second World War approaches its end, the Netherlands is still under Nazi control and any acts of resistance are punishable by death.
But when fifteen-year-old Michiel is asked to take care of a wounded British Spitfire pilot he doesn't think twice. He joins the secret struggle against the Nazis, working every day to end the occupation and protect those in danger from it, knowing all the time that spies are everywhere and one loose word could cost... more
'A book we should all read' - Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse
As the Second World War approaches its end, the Netherlands is still under Nazi control and any acts of resistance are punishable by death.
But when fifteen-year-old Michiel is asked to take care of a wounded British Spitfire pilot he doesn't think twice. He joins the secret struggle against the Nazis, working every day to end the occupation and protect those in danger from it, knowing all the time that spies are everywhere and one loose word could cost... more
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Sophie Roell Set in the Netherlands during World War II, it’s about a young boy and the things he gets up to during the German occupation. Jan Terlouw, now in his 80s, based it partly on his own experiences, but the book has all the nice plot twists you expect from fiction. Also, as a children’s book written nearly half a century ago about a period of Dutch history that the country still struggles to come to terms with, I thought it might be a bit black-and-white: but it actually isn’t. (Source)
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