The Night War

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words comes a middle grade novel set at the border between freedom and fear in World War II France,at the Chateau de Chenonceauwhere a Jewish girl who has lost everything but her life must decide whether to risk even that to bring others to freedom. ΓÇ£We donΓÇÖt choose how we feelbut we choose how we act.ΓÇ¥ ItΓÇÖs 1942. German Nazis occupy much of France. And twelve-year-old Miriamwho is Jewishis not safe. With help and quick thinkingMiri is saved from the roundup that takes her entire Jewish neighborhood. She escapes Parislanding in a small French villagewhere the spires of the famous Chateau de Chenonceau rise high into the skyits bridge across the River Cher like a promisea fairy tale. But MiriΓÇÖs life is no fairy tale. Her parents are goneΓÇömaybe alivemaybe not. Taken in at the boarding school near the chateaupretending to be Catholic to escape Nazi captureMiri is called upon one night to undertake a deadly taskone that spans the castle groundsits bridgeand the very border to freedom. Here is her chance to escapeΓÇöhopefully to find her parents. But will she take it? One thing is certain: The person Miri meets that night will save her life. And the person Miri becomes that night could save the lives of many more. In her return to the era of The War that Saved My Life and The War I Finally WonKimberly Brubaker Bradley brings a new and different storyone with a mystical twistthat explores a little-known slice of World War II historya highly unusual friendshipand the power of choosing courage even whenΓÇöespecially whenΓÇöthere are no good choices to be had. \