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Palacio, R. J. WHITE BIRD New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. IL 5-8 ISBN: 978-0525645535. |
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In White Bird we are reintroduced to Julian, Auggie’s bully in R.J. Palacio’s classic, Wonder. As Julian realizes that his bullying was hurtful and begins to feel remorse for his actions, he shares his thoughts with his grandmere, Sara, and she in turn tells him the story of her youth. Sara, who is Jewish, grew up in France during the Nazi occupation in World War II, when Jews were persecuted, and many were arrested and sent to their deaths in concentration camps. Sara was lucky. With the help of Julien, a boy crippled by polio whom Sara and her friends had often taunted and shunned at school, Sara is hidden throughout the war in his family’s barn. As Julien and his parents daily risk their lives to keep Sara safe, Sara comes to realize what she and Julien have in common: both have been persecuted not for anything they’ve done, but for what they are. A tragic, but also uplifting and hopeful, story that serves as a tribute to human courage and decency. (Vermont Middle Grade Book Award, 2021) |
| SUBJECTS: Grandmothers -- Comic books, strips, etc. Jews -- Comic books, strips, etc. Survival -- Comic books, strips, etc. France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc. |
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