A Way Through the Sea
β Scribed by Elmer, Robert
- Book ID
- 107483660
- Publisher
- Bethany House Publishers
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 84 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
** For eleven-year-old Peter Andersen and his twin sister Elise, living in the city of HelsingΓΈr, Denmark during World War 2 means German soldiers in the streets, German patrol boats in the harbor, and German fighter planes in the sky. Everyone is nervous, especially their Jewish friend Henrik and his parents. Of course, before the invasion, no one in Denmark cared whether a person was Jewish. But now the Nazis are secretly rounding up all of the Jews who live in Denmark and sending them to prison camps in Germany. Suddenly, Henrik and his family must escape! Sweden offers the only place of refuge, but with soldiers lurking the streets and Nazi boats patrolling the sea, only a miracle can get the Jews to safety!
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