On the run
Subtitle: a Dutch boy rescues an American pilot in occupied Holland
By: Casey Willems
Publisher: Walka Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Orleans, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
ISBN-13: 9780972290333
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Juvenile fiction; Fiction; History; Juvenile literature
Description: "In 1944, Frans, is a twelve-year-old boarding school student taking care of a band of ponies when an American airman is shot down over occupied Holland. Frans rescues Bill. While trying to bring him to a safe place, they are both nearly captured by the Germans. On the run, they survive a number of harrowing experiences. This book relates in graphic detail how people surviv the occupation, the hunger winter, separation, displacement, and the loss of family, friends and homes. It is a story of friendships, of people taking care of each other, of Germans who took care of the Dutch and of Dutchmen who were deceitful. The boy has to come to grips with good and evil, coming of age in a difficult time"--Page 4 of cover.