{"product_id":"hidden-yellow-stars-hardcover","title":"Hidden Yellow Stars - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Connolly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBelgium, 1942\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Young schoolteacher Andrée Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium, who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow Star of David. Andrée is not Jewish, but she feels a maternal connection to her students, who are living in constant fear, and decides to take action. No child should have to suffer under such persecution. But what can one woman do against an entire army? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ida Sterno is a Jewish woman who works with a clandestine resistance group tasked with hiding children from the Gestapo. She recruits Andrée because her Aryan appearance can provide crucial security measures for their efforts. Andrée agrees to join and begins work immediately by adopting a code name: Claude Fournier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together, Andrée and Ida work tirelessly to move Jewish children from their families and smuggle them to safety through the secret channels established by the Committee for the Defense of Jews. As each child is hidden, Andrée commits to memory their true name and history. Someday, she vows, she will help reunite as many of these families as she can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But with the Gestapo closing in along with the traitorous Fat Jacques, who has turned from ally to enemy and is threatening to identify any Jew he meets, Andrée and Ida must work against increasingly impossible odds to save as many children as possible and keep them safely hidden--even if it might cost them their own lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Connolly is the author of more than two dozen novels. She calls herself a Midwest girl, having lived in Ohio and Indiana. She's always been a bookworm, and her grandma would send her books almost every month so she would never run out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bookfairs were her carnival, and libraries are her happy place. She received a master's degree from West Virginia University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While doing research for this book, she discovered information about her own family history, including the fates of several unknown family members who perished in the concentration camps of World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rebecca's best-selling historical novel \u003ci\u003eA Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice\u003c\/i\u003e was \"highly recommended\" by the \u003ci\u003eHistorical Novel Society\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Learn more about Rebecca and her books at rebeccaconnolly.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748816945440,"sku":"9781639932344","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/996d54116bd7724466a76ae5c0480985.webp?v=1779916989","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hidden-yellow-stars-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}