It's hard to leave your home and friends, but the Nazis have invaded Clara's native Austria, and her Jewish family is no longer safe. Clara and her family take only what they can carry and travel by night to the Swiss border, where they hope to escape to freedom. Soldiers are everywhere, adn it is Clara's heroism that carries the family across teh border, thier lives adn few precious posessions intact.
Karen Ackerman has written more than 25 books for young readers, including The Night Crossing; A Brighter Garden, illustrated by Tasha Tudor; and Bingleman’s Midway, illustrated by Barry Moser.
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"An excellent fictional introduction to the Holocaust."--School Library Journal
It's hard to leave your home and friends, but the Nazis have invaded Clara's native Austria, and her Jewish family is no longer safe. Clara and her family take only what they can carry and travel by night to the Swiss border, where they hope to escape to freedom. Soldiers are everywhere, adn it is Clara's heroism that carries the family across teh border, thier lives adn few precious posessions intact.
Author
Karen Ackerman has written more than 25 books for young readers, including The Night Crossing; A Brighter Garden, illustrated by Tasha Tudor; and Bingleman’s Midway, illustrated by Barry Moser.
View titles by Karen Ackerman
Praise
"An excellent fictional introduction to the Holocaust."--School Library Journal
