Title: Room in the Heart
First published: 2003
Description: Told from several points of view, this novel reveals how life in Copenhagen was soiled by the Nazi occupation and how the Danes fought back with courage and kindness. Julie lives with the constant, nagging fear that her family will be sent to a concentration camp. Niels can't stand the brutish, arrogant Nazi soldiers and finds himself drawn to the Danish resistance. When Niels learns of the Nazi plot to round up all of Copenhagen's Jews, he is dominated by a single thought: rescue. Julie wonders how she will endure so many good-byes, especially to Niels. This riveting read is based on the true story of how thousands of Denmark's Jews were saved from the Nazis.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Underground movements, World War, 1939-1945, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), History, Children's fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), fiction, Denmark, fiction, Jews
Places: Denmark
Time periods: German occupation, 1940-1945
LC classification: PZ7.L58 Rq 2003