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Publication Date: 1990 Twenty school children hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis occupying France during World War II
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1 author picked Twenty and Ten as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Reading aloud to students is my ultimate commendation for the best books, with a bonus for books that are short and powerful. Twenty and Ten is based on actual events in a French boarding school during World War II. When ten desperate Jewish children needed a sanctuary to survive, to avoid being sent to concentration camps, the nuns wisely discussed this with the twenty resident children. Those children would need to keep their life-or-death secret. Limited food and resources, barely enough for the twenty, would need to stretch to keep ten more alive, perhaps for years. If discovered, all might…
From Sandy's list on The best books about young characters with courage, resilience, and resistance in WWII.
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