Nicky & Vera : a quiet hero of the Holocaust and the children he rescued

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Nicky & Vera : a quiet hero of the Holocaust and the children he rescued

Title remainder

a quiet hero of the Holocaust and the children he rescued

Statement of responsibility

Peter Sís

Title variation

Nicky and Vera

Creator

• Sís, Peter, 1949-

Author

• Sís, Peter, 1949-

Subject

• Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Juvenile literature
• Juvenile works
• Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Winton, Nicholas, 1909-2015 -- Juvenile literature
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Children | Rescue
• 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue
• Biographies

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Juvenile works
• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

"Caldecott Honoree and Sibert Medalist Peter Sís honors a man who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis. In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia-a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved. Czech-American artist, MacArthur Fellow, and Andersen Award winner Peter Sís dramatizes Winton's story in this distinctive and deeply personal picture book. He intertwines Nicky's efforts with the story of one of the children he saved-a young girl named Vera, whose family enlisted Nicky's aid when the Germans occupied their country. As the war passes and Vera grows up, she must find balance in her dual identities-one her birthright, the other her choice. Nicky & Vera is a masterful tribute to a humble man's courageous efforts to protect Europe's most vulnerable, and a timely portrayal of the hopes and fears of those forced to leave their homes and create new lives."--

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Provided by publisher

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 940.53/1835092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 6-8

Intended audience source

Norton Young Readers

LC call number

D804.66.W56

LC item number

S57 2021

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile