Black Radishes
  • Published:
    Nov-2010 (Hardcover)
    Nov-2011 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Historical
  • Time Period:
    1940's-1950's WWII (1939-1945) 20th Century
  • Pages:
    240
  • Age Level:
    08-12
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It is March of 1940. The French believe that their army can protect them from Nazi Germany. But is Paris a safe place for Jews? Gustave's parents don't think so. Forced to leave behind his best friend, the mischievous Marcel, and his cousin Jean-Paul, Gustave moves with his mother and father to Saint-Georges, a small village in the countryside.

During April and May, Nazi Germany invades one country after another. In June, the French army is defeated, and Paris is occupied. Saint-Georges is still part of the free zone, but the situation there is becoming increasingly precarious.

Then Gustave meets Nicole, a Catholic girl who works for the French Resistance. Along with her father, Nicole tries to find a way to smuggle Jean-Paul, Marcel, and their families into Free France so that they can all escape to America. It is Gustave, however, who comes up with a plan that just might work. But going into Occupied France is a risky thing to do when you are Jewish.

Inspired by her father's experiences as a Jewish child living in France during World War II, Susan Lynn Meyer tells the story of a family's day-to-day struggles in a country that may not be able to keep its promise of "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity."
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    • Nov-2011
    • Yearling
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0375858229
    • ISBN13: 9780375858222
    • First Edition
    • Nov-2010
    • Delacorte
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0385738811
    • ISBN13: 9780385738811
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    • Nov-2010
    • Delacorte
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0385907486
    • ISBN13: 9780385907484
    • Library Binding
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    • Nov-2011
    • Perfection Learning
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1613830203
    • ISBN13: 9781613830208
    • Library Binding
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    • Nov-2010
    • Random House
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0375896147
    • ISBN13: 9780375896149



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