Book description
This acclaimed story of World War II is rich in suspense, characterization, plot and spiritual truth. Every element of occupied Holland is united in a story of courage and hope: a hidden Jewish child, an “underdiver,” a downed RAF pilot, an imaginative, daring underground hero, and the small things of…
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1 author picked The Winged Watchman as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a MG book first that I have read at least a dozen times, beginning in 1963 and most recently in 2024. The story told through one family's experience of how the Dutch survived the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands hammers home the importance of community. We need each other, plain and simple. Good times are not necessarily times of plenty, but those when we endure adversity together. A lesson for our time.
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