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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
Nazi-occupied Denmark, 1943. 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 mother 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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“This short work, based on a true story, is superbly recounted by narrator Elizabeth Cottle…Cottle deftly captures Anett’s determination as she obtains food and library books for the refugees. She also conveys Carl’s fear and hope as well as the threatening aggression of the Nazis. Sound effects of plates and cutlery, squeaky doors, and animals convey a sense of place. A neighborhood effort to spirit away the pair to Sweden provides a hopeful conclusion while still giving young listeners a picture of the horror of war.”
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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.