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âA shining story of a young girl who struggles to come of age and find her place in a world fraught with danger.â âSusan Campbell Bartoletti, Newbery Honor-winning author of Hitler Youth
* Winner of the Youth Prize at the AngoulĂȘme International Comics Festival (voted by readers) * Winner ofâŠ
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1 author picked Catherine's War as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I chose this story to illustrate the plight of Jewish people during the Nazi occupation in France. Catherine's War is based on the true story of a Jewish girl named Rachel Cohen who had to leave her boarding school near Paris and find somewhere safe to live. Rachel has to change her name to Catherine Colin and hide her Jewish identity in order to survive. She was sustained by her beautiful camera, which gave her a record of all that she had to through.
From Nicki's list on asylum-seeking and displaced children and war.
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