28 days a novel of resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto

In Warsaw, Poland, in 1942, Mira faces impossible decisions after learning that the Warsaw ghetto is to be "liquidated," but a group of young people are planning an uprising against their Nazi captors.

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Main Author: Safier, David, 1966- (Author)
Other Authors: MacCormac, Helen (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
German
Published: New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2020.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Summary:In Warsaw, Poland, in 1942, Mira faces impossible decisions after learning that the Warsaw ghetto is to be "liquidated," but a group of young people are planning an uprising against their Nazi captors.
Warsaw, 1942. Mira smuggles food into the Warsaw ghetto to keep herself and her family alive. When she learns the entire ghetto is to be "liquidated" she joins a group of young people who are planning an uprising against the Nazi forces. For twenty-eight days, as the resistance fighters hold out, Mira experiences betrayal, suffering... and even moments of happiness. -- adapted from jacket
Item Description:Originally published: Hamburg : Rowohlt Verlag, 2014 in German under the title, 28 Tage lange.
Physical Description:404 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781250237149
1250237149
Author Notes:David Safier is a bestselling German novelist and television writer whose credits include the TV series Berlin, Berlin , for which he was awarded the Adolf Grimme Award and an International Emmy Award for best comedy. He has written nine adult novels published in Germany. 28 Days is his first young adult novel, and his first novel published in the US. He lives in Berlin.