The orphans of Normandy : a true story of World War II told through drawings by children / Nancy Amis.
| Author/creator |
Amis, Nancy |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ©2003. |
| Description | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map ; 24 x 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subject(s) |
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| Abstract | Relates how 100 young schoolgirls, many of them orphans, and their teachers managed to escape the chaos of the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, l944, by taking shelter in an iron mine for thirty-eight days and, after being forced out by the Germans, walking for twenty-nine days to reach safety behind Allied lines. |
| General note | "The illustrations are rendered in colored pencil on newsprint"--T.p. verso. |
| LCCN | 2002027816 |
| ISBN | 0689841434 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 940.53161 AM57O | ✔ Available | Place Hold |