The Whispering Town

Name: The Whispering Town
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Jennifer Elvgren
ISBN: 9781633799349

Author: Jennifer Elvgren

Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Published: 04/14/2015

Categories: Children's Fiction, Religious Stories

Synopsis

The dramatic story of neighbors in a small Danish fishing village who, during the Holocaust, shelter a Jewish family waiting to be ferried to safety in Sweden. It is 1943 in Nazi-occupied Denmark. Anett and her parents are hiding a Jewish woman and her son, Carl, in their cellar until a fishing boat can take them across the sound to neutral Sweden. The soldiers patrolling their street are growing suspicious, so Carl and his mama must make their way to the harbor despite a cloudy sky with no moon to guide them. Worried about their safety, Anett devises a clever and unusual plan for their safe passage to the harbor.

About Jennifer Elvgren

Jennifer Elvgren, a former journalist, finds her story ideas in real life, present and past. Her fiction has appeared in Highlights for Children, Spider, and Ladybug magazines. Her books include Josias, Hold the Book, a Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year selection. Jennifer lives in Albemarle County, Virginia, with her husband, three children, Caspian the border collie, Copperfield the foxhound, and Goodnight Moon the American quarter horse.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sue

During the German Occupation of Denmark during WWII, the Danish people offered a steady resistance and worked to help their Jewish neighbors to escape to neutral Sweden if at all possible. The Whispering Town tells of one such episode in a way that can be used to educate children, not young children......more

Goodreads review by Leigh

This is a beautiful book about Danish resistance to Nazi "relocation" of Jews in 1943. It is excellent to use with older students to introduce The Holocaust. I wrote up several lesson ideas for using this book with older students (MS, HS) on my blog at Mrs. ReaderPants. Please feel free to use them......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn

This is the shortest and simplest book I’m reading is called “The Whispering Town” By Jennifer Elvgren. This author tells a powerful story based on actual history in this picture book, which I enjoyed the illustrations because it’s visually interesting. This book can help the young readers, where ma......more