The orphans of Normandy
Subtitle: a true story of World War II told through drawings by children
By: Nancy Amis.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- France -- Normandy -- Juvenile literature.; Orphans -- France -- Normandy -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Juvenile literature.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.; Orphans.; Survival.; Children's art.; Normandy (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Normandy (France) -- History -- 20th century.; France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Relates how 100 young schoolgirls, many of them orphans, and their teachers managed to escape the chaos of the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, l944, by taking shelter in an iron mine for thirty-eight days and, after being forced out by the Germans, walking for twenty-nine days to reach safety behind Allied lines.
Notes: "The illustrations are rendered in colored pencil on newsprint"--T.p. verso.