num_pages: 32
description: Newbery medalist Karen Hesse tells a harrowing, true story about life in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.When Karen Hesse came upon a short article about cats out-foxing the Gestapo at the train station in Warsaw during WWII, she couldn't get the story out of her mind. The result is this stirring account of a Jewish girl's involvement in the Resistance. At once terrifying and soulful, this fictional account, borne of meticulous research, is a testament to history and to our passionate will to survive, as only Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse can write it.
language: English
title: The Cats In Krasinski Square
titlecomplete: The Cats In Krasinski Square
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Animals, Childrens, Picture Books, War, Fiction, Holocaust, Cats, World War II
ratings_count: 1106
places: Warsaw Ghetto, Eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Koret Jewish Book Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Picture Books for Older Readers
publisher: Scholastic Press