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The last execution / Jesper Wung-Sung ; translated from the Danish by Lindy Falk van Rooyen.

Author/creator Wung-Sung, Jesper, 1971- author.
Other author/creatorVan Rooyen, Lindy Falk, translator.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2016]
Copyright Notice ©2016
Description132 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Executions and executioners--Juvenile fiction.
Death--Juvenile fiction.
Denmark--History --1849-1866 --Juvenile fiction.
Uniform titleSidste henrettelse. English
Abstract Based on the true story of the last execution in Denmark's history, this novel asks a question that plagues a small Danish town in 1853: does a fifteen-year-old boy deserve to be put to death?
General noteOriginally published in Danish by Høst & Søn in 2010 under title: Den sidste henrettelse.
General note"A Caitlyn Dloughy Book."
Interest age level Ages 14 up.
Audience HL 620 Lexile
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
LCCN 2015033461
ISBN9781481429658 (hardcover)
ISBN1481429655 (hardcover)
ISBN9781481429665 (pbk.)
ISBN1481429663 (pbk.)

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