During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique\'s mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
Playing after dark, the two become friends, until, in a terrifying moment, they are discovered, sending both of their families into a nighttime flight..
She turns out to be a girl named Sevrine, who has been hiding from the Nazis in Monique\'s basement.
Ever since the Nazis marched into Monique\'s small French village, terrorizing it, nothing surprises her, until the night Monique encounters ?the little ghost? sitting at the end of her bed.
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In the tradition of Pink and Say, Polacco once again dips into her own family\'s history to reveal her Aunt Monique\'s true story of friendship from the French Resistance.
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique\'s mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom
