When mouse widow Mrs. Frisby needs advice on how to move her children safely, she consults the rats who live under the rosebush. Not only do they help her, they tell her of their escape from a laboratory where experimentation had made them literate, and of the brave death of her husband. Newbery Medal; ALA Notable Children's Book; "Horn Book" Fanfare Book. Copyright Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate.
Winner of the Newbery Medal, newly reissued in the Essential Modern Classics range.
“They plan to arrest all the Danish Jews. They plan to take them away. And we have been told that they may come tonight.”
It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for Annemarie. There are food shortages and curfews, and soldiers on every corner.
But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend, Ellen, as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign. With Ellen’s life in danger, Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape.
Inspired by true events of the Second World War, this gripping novel brings the past vividly to life for today’s readers.
"『듄』에 견줄 수 있는 건 『반지의 제왕』 외에는 없다." -아서 C. 클라크1965년 네뷸러 문학상... 대작 『듄』이 신장판 전집으로 황금가지에서 출간되었다. 2001년 첫 번역본이 출간된 이후 20년 만에... 『듄』은 지금까지 2000만 부 이상의 판매고를 올리며 전 세계에서 가장 많이 판매된 SF로 알려져...