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White bird : a wonder story  Cover Image Book Book

White bird : a wonder story / written and illustrated by R.J. Palacio ; inked by Kevin Czap.

Palacio, R. J., (author,, illustrator.). Czap, Kevin, (inker.).

Summary:

Tells the story of Julian's Grandmére's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525645535
  • ISBN: 0525645535
  • ISBN: 9780241397244
  • ISBN: 0241397243
  • ISBN: 9780593487785
  • ISBN: 0593487788
  • Physical Description: 220 pages : chiefly color illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Wonder story" --Cover.
"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (218-219).
Target Audience Note:
Decoding: 5 (very hard) Vocabulary: 5 (very hard) Sentences: 4 (hard) Patterns: 5 (very hard) Lexile
Awards Note:
Sydney Taylor Book Award, Middle Grade, 2020
Subject: Grandmothers > Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews > Comic books, strips, etc.
Survival > Comic books, strips, etc.
Grandparent and child > Comic books, strips, etc.
Jewish girls > France > Comic books, strips, etc.
Hidden children (Holocaust) > France > Comic books, strips, etc.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Rescue > France > Comic books, strips, etc.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. > Comic books, strips, etc.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.
Genre: Young adult works.
Graphic novels.
Comics (Graphic works)
Historical comics.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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