by Els Pelgrom · FisicalBook · tapa dura · ISBN 9788423638147
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«El vuitè bosc» is the historical fiction young adult novel by Els Pelgrom, published by Edebé in hardback (296 pages).
Winter 1944. Twelve-year-old Noortje is evacuated with her father while Arnhem burns in combat. They take refuge on a farm in Veluwe, where life seems almost normal, but the Germans occupy the house and, in the nearby forest, Jews are hiding. Noortje discovers that her silence and help can save their lives.
The work, whose original title is De kinderen van het Achtste Woud, won the Gouden Griffel and the Mildred L. Batchelder Award. This edition belongs to the Periscop collection.
For young readers who want to approach the Second World War from a girl's perspective.
Els Pelgrom, pseudonym of Else Koch, is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Pelgrom is the first author to have received the Gouden Griffel award three times.
