Publisher Description
The dramatic story of neighbors in a small Danish fishing village who, during the Holocaust, shelter a Jewish family waiting to be ferried to safety in Sweden. It is 1943 in Nazi-occupied Denmark. Anett and her parents are hiding a Jewish woman and her son, Carl, in their cellar until a fishing boat can take them across the sound to neutral Sweden. The soldiers patrolling their street are growing suspicious, so Carl and his mama must make their way to the harbor despite a cloudy sky with no moon to guide them. Worried about their safety, Anett devises a clever and unusual plan for their safe passage to the harbor.
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About Jennifer Elvgren
Jennifer Elvgren, a former journalist, finds her story ideas in real life, present and past. Her fiction has appeared in Highlights for Children, Spider, and Ladybug magazines. Her books include Josias, Hold the Book, a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year selection. Elvgren lives in Albemarle County, Virginia, with her husband, three children, Caspian the border collie, Copperfield the foxhound, and Goodnight Moon the American quarter horse.
About Elizabeth Cottle
Elizabeth Cottle
is an actress, singer, and theater director based in Northwest Ohio. She earned
a BFA in communication arts and musical theater from Ohio Northern University,
where she received an Irene Ryan Nomination. She is a veteran of more than
thirty community theater productions and was recognized for Excellence in
Acting by the Ohio Community Theatre Association. In addition to her theater
background, Cottle has a wide variety of performing experience, from serving
as lead vocalist with a jazz orchestra, to filming commercials, to doing improvised sketch comedy.