num_pages: 320
description: Newbery Honor recipient Margi Preus tells the incredible true story of a group of French teenagers who helped save refugees in WWII Based on the true story of the French villagers in WWII who saved thousands of Jews this novel tells how a group of young teenagers stood up for what is right. Among them is a young Jewish boy who learns to forge documents to save his mother and later goes on to save hundreds of lives with his forgery skills. There is also a girl who overcomes her fear to carry messages for the Resistance. And a boy who smuggles people into Switzerland. But there is always the threat that they will be A policeman is sent to keep an eye on them German soldiers reside in a local hotel and eventually the Gestapo arrives armed with guns and a list of names. As the knot tightens the young people must race against time to bring their friends to safety.
language: English
title: Village of Scoundrels
publisher: Harry N. Abrams