A Coming Evil

Informationen zum Autor Vivian Vande Velde  has written many books for teen and middle grade readers, including Heir Apparent , User Unfriendly , All Hallow's Eve: 13 Stories , Three Good Deeds , Now You See It ..., and the Edgar Award–winning Never Trust a Dead Man . She lives in Rochester, New York. Visit her website at www.vivianvandevelde.com. Vivian Vande Velde has written many highly acclaimed books for teen and middle-grade readers, including Three Good Deeds , Heir Apparent, Deadly Pink,  and the Edgar Award– winning Never Trust a Dead Man . She lives in Rochester, New York. Visit her website at www.vivianvandevelde.com . Klappentext Lisette Beaucaire was angry when her parents sent her away from Paris that September day in 1940. And although she knew that with the Nazis occupying the city she'd be safer at her Aunt Josephine's farm in the Dordogne valley, Lisette resented her "exile." She'd miss her friends and the excitement of being thirteen and starting a new school. Instead she'd have nothing to do but amuse her little cousin Cecile. That's what Lisette thought, but she soon found out that she wasn't the only visitor at the farmhouse. And then she encountered Gerard, a visitor from a long time ago, who proved to be a valiant ally at a crucial moment for the people who lived in the farmhouse. Zusammenfassung Lisette Beaucaire was angry when her parents sent her away from Paris that September day in 1940. And although she knew that with the Nazis occupying the city she'd be safer at her Aunt Josephine's farm in the Dordogne valley, Lisette resented her "exile." She'd miss her friends and the excitement of being thirteen and starting a new school. Instead she'd have nothing to do but amuse her little cousin Cecile. That's what Lisette thought, but she soon found out that she wasn't the only visitor at the farmhouse. And then she encountered Gerard, a visitor from a long time ago, who proved to be a valiant ally at a crucial moment for the people who lived in the farmhouse. ...

Product details

• Authors: Vivian Vande Velde, Vivian Vande Velde
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2007
• EAN: 9780618747818
• ISBN: 978-0-618-74781-8
• No. of pages: 213
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 184 mm x 7 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Europe, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, 1933–1945 (National Socialist period), Relating to Jewish people and groups, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION: Horror, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Multigenerational, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / Europe, JUVENILE FICTION: Lifestyles / Country Life, JUVENILE FICTION: Ghost Stories *, JUVENILE FICTION: Paranormal, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / Military & Wars, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / Holocaust, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Migration / refugees