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

Nicky & Vera : a quiet hero of the Holocaust and the children he rescued / Peter Sís.

Author/creator	Sís, Peter, 1949- author, illustrator.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, [2021]
Description	1 online resource (64 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Supplemental Content	Click here to view book
Subject(s)	Winton, Nicholas, 1909-2015--Juvenile literature. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Biography --Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945--Jews --Rescue --Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945--Children --Rescue --Juvenile literature. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Juvenile literature.

Variant title	Nicky and Vera
Abstract	In 1938, British stockbroker Nicholas Winton arranged to save the lives of 669 mostly Jewish children from Nazi capture in Czechoslovakia by arranging train rides and host families in London. The life of one of the children, Vera Gissing, is forced to grow up in a new home with memories of a past she can't forget.
Local note	eBook.
Local note	MackinVIA eBook.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Citation/References note	Booklist Starred Reviews, 12/15/2020
Citation/References note	Kirkus Reviews Starred, 1/1/2021
Citation/References note	Publishers Weekly Starred, 11/23/2020
Citation/References note	School Library Journal, 2/2021
Reading grade level	3.7.
Interest grade level	2-5.
Study program note	Accelerated Reader AR-ATOS
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards note	Sydney Taylor Award, 2022
Source of description	Description based on book record.
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9781324015758

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