During WWII, when the Nazis hunt Jewish
children, the kids’ only hope is help from the Dutch Resistance. But
these brave volunteers are outgunned, outmanned, and all they have is
each other.
In this sequel to Hunger Winter,
thirteen -year-old Dirk and his family move to a farm near Utrecht,
Netherlands, in January of 1945. When the Nazis focus on capturing
Jewish children to send to gas chambers, Dirk’s family intervenes. Their
methods include providing ration cards and finding families to hide
Jewish children and teens.
With edge-of-your-seat action and
suspense, the reader follows Dirk and his family as they work with the
Dutch Resistance to protect the children and battle the zeal and
determination of the Gestapo to find the children and send them to their
deaths.
About The Author
Life conspired to get Rob Currie to write the novel, Hunger Winter. His father is a World War II veteran, his wife is Dutch, and his son wrote a short story about World War II in the Netherlands. Research revealed astonishing details about the Dutch experience of the war which begged to be turned into a novel.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit, he graduated from Cornerstone University and went on to earn a master's degree and doctorate in psychology from St. Louis University. He has taught psychology at Judson University since 1987. His hobbies include playing basketball, cooking, and writing humorous poetry.
My Review
A read that should be mandatory for all teens, we need to never forget!
Setting
is Netherlands, and the German's have a stronghold here, and are after a
people with a religion they now hate. They are also after those who are
actively sabotaging their efforts, and helping others escape their
evil.
This story is set in January 1945, and as I'm reading, with
danger all around I can't help but think if it were only a few months
later.
This book highlight these people, who risk everything, some very young and yet actively helping!
Such
a great job the author has done with showing what was actually
happening, and although fictional, some of the things are factual!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Tyndale House, and was not required to give a positive review.
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Kayla also has stories, poems, and devotionals featured in various
anthologies, and she has several flash fiction stories available through
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