From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words comes a middle grade novel set at the border between freedom and fear in World War II France, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, where a Jewish girl who has lost everything but her life must decide whether to risk even that to bring others to freedom.
In her return to the era of The War that Saved My Life and The War I Finally Won , Kimberly Brubaker Bradley brings a new and different story, one with a mystical twist, that explores a little-known slice of World War II history, a highly unusual friendship, and the power of choosing courage even when--especially when--there are no good choices to be had..
And the person Miri becomes that Night could save the lives of many more.
But will she take it? One thing is certain: The person Miri meets that Night will save her life.
Here is her chance to escape--hopefully to find her parents.
Taken in at the boarding school near the chateau, pretending to be Catholic to escape Nazi capture, Miri is called upon one Night to undertake a deadly task, one that spans the castle grounds, its bridge, and the very border to freedom.
Her parents are gone--maybe alive, maybe not.
But Miri\'s life is no fairy tale.
She escapes Paris, landing in a small French village, where the spires of the famous Chateau de Chenonceau rise high into the sky, its bridge across the River Cher like a promise, a fairy tale.
With help and quick thinking, Miri is saved from the roundup that takes her entire Jewish neighborhood.
And twelve-year-old Miriam, who is Jewish, is not safe.
German Nazis occupy much of France.
It\'s 1942.
Choose courage.
We don\'t choose how we feel, but we choose how we act.
From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words comes a middle grade novel set at the border between freedom and fear in World War II France, at the Chateau de Chenonceau, where a Jewish girl who has lost everything but her life must decide whether to risk even that to bring others to freedom
