The Upstairs Room Contributor(s): Reiss, Johanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812418662 ISBN-13: 9780812418668 Publisher: Perfection Learning
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Prebound - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 1990 * Out of Print * Annotation: "Reiss depicts the trials of her Dutch-Jewish family during World War II . . . believable characterizations of unremarkable people who survived, if not thrived, and displayed an adaptability and generosity beyond their own expectations."--"School Library Journal." Click for more in this series: Trophy Newbery |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Holocaust - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | Family - Siblings |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 77187940 |
Age Level: 10-13 |
Grade Level: 5-8 |
Lexile Measure: 380(Not Available) |
Series: Trophy Newbery |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.6" L (0.45 lbs) |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family - Topical - Holocaust |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 143 Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A Life in Hiding When the German army occupied Holland, Annie de Leeuw was eight years old. Because she was Jewish, the occupation put her in grave danger-she knew that to stay alive she would have to hide. Fortunately, a Gentile family, the Oostervelds, offered to help. For two years they hid Annie and her sister, Sini, in the cramped upstairs room of their farmhouse. Most people thought the war wouldn't last long. But for Annie and Sini -- separated from their family and confined to one tiny room -- the war seemed to go on forever. In the part of the marketplace where flowers had been sold twice a week-tulips in the spring, roses in the summer-stood German tanks and German soldiers. Annie de Leeuw was eight years old in 1940 when the Germans attacked Holland and marched into the town of Winterswijk where she lived. Annie was ten when, because she was Jewish and in great danger of being cap-tured by the invaders, she and her sister Sini had to leave their father, mother, and older sister Rachel to go into hiding in the upstairs room of a remote farmhouse. Johanna de Leeuw Reiss has written a remarkably fresh and moving account of her own experiences as a young girl during World War II. Like many adults she was innocent of the German plans for Jews, and she might have gone to a labor camp as scores of families did. "It won't be for long and the Germans have told us we'll be treated well," those families said. "What can happen?" They did not know, and they could not imagine.... But millions of Jews found out. Mrs. Reiss's picture of the Oosterveld family with whom she lived, and of Annie and Sini, reflects a deep spirit of optimism, a faith in the ingenuity, backbone, and even humor with which ordinary human beings meet extraordinary challenges. In the steady, matter-of-fact, day-by-day courage they all showed lies a profound strength that transcends the horrors of the long and frightening war. Here is a memorable book, one that will be read and reread for years to come. |
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