The Klipfish Code
Autor Mary Casanovaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 apr 2012 – vârsta până la 12 ani
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The
year
is
1942,
and
Norway
is
under
Nazi
occupation.
Twelve-year-old
Marit
has
decided
to
take
action,
despite
her
grandfather’s
warnings.
But
will
her
plan
work?
Can
she
really
complete
her
part
of
this
secret
code?
And
even
if
she
can,
would
it
make
any
difference
to
the
Resistance?
As this novel reveals what Norwegian people did to preserve their dignity and freedoms, it uncovers a startling statistic: the German secret police systematically rounded up one teacher in ten and sent them to concentration camps for their refusal to teach Nazi propaganda to Norwegian schoolchildren. Set on an island of sturdy fishing trawlers and brightly painted homes, with smells of kelp and salt water, here is a riveting novel about risks taken, secrets kept, and, always, questions about whom to trust.
As this novel reveals what Norwegian people did to preserve their dignity and freedoms, it uncovers a startling statistic: the German secret police systematically rounded up one teacher in ten and sent them to concentration camps for their refusal to teach Nazi propaganda to Norwegian schoolchildren. Set on an island of sturdy fishing trawlers and brightly painted homes, with smells of kelp and salt water, here is a riveting novel about risks taken, secrets kept, and, always, questions about whom to trust.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780547744476
ISBN-10: 0547744471
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 130 x 194 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: HMH Books
Colecția Clarion Books
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0547744471
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 130 x 194 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: HMH Books
Colecția Clarion Books
Locul publicării:United States
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Recenzii
"[T]his
suspenseful
historical
tale
is...noteworthy
for
drawing
attention
to
a
region...not
commonly
featured
in...fiction
about
World
War
II."
Booklist
10/15/07
Booklist,
ALA
"Casanova spins an adventure-filled and harrowing story...another novel of heroism and perseverance." SLJ 10/2007 School Library Journal
"Casanova spins an adventure-filled and harrowing story...another novel of heroism and perseverance." SLJ 10/2007 School Library Journal
Notă biografică
Mary
Casanova
is
the
author
of
nine
middle
grade
novels
and
three
picture
books.
She
lives
with
her
family
in
Ranier,
Minnesota.
Visit
her
website
atwww.marycasanova.com.
Extras
In
her
dream,
Marit
raced
Papa
on
her
new
wooden
skis,
farther
and
farther
away
from
their
hytte—their
mountain
cabin—and
this
time
she
was
winning.
Across
the
blinding
whiteness,
she
pushed
on,
defying
the
mountains,
said
to
be
trolls
turned
to
stone.
She
herringboned
to
the
next
peak,
her
thighs
burning
with
the
effort,
then
pushed
off
with
her
poles,
and
swooshed
down
through
knee-deep
powder.
An explosion wrenched Marit Gundersen from her sleep and shook her to her rib cage.
Wide-eyed, she bolted upright. Her skin prickled with fear. In near darkness, Marit flung back her feather-filled dyne and swung her legs over the bed’s icy edge. What had startled her? Her mind darted back and forth. An early thunderstorm in the mountains? The train from Oslo—had it crashed? Had the steamer exploded in Romsdal Fjord?
Mama burst into Marit’s room. “Marit!” she cried. “Get downstairs!”
“Mama, what’s going on?” Surely there was an explanation and no need to panic.
But Mama’s flannel nightgown swirled at her ankles as she turned to the hallway. “Come, Lars —you must wake up!”
Marit yanked a sweater over her nightgown, shoved her toes into her sheepskin slippers, and then stumbled from her room—right into Papa, his unlaced boots hitched over his pajama bottoms.
Marit squared her fists to her waist. “Papa, tell me what’s going on—”
“Downstairs to the cellar!” he said, his hand firm on her shoulder as he guided her toward the stairs. “Questions later.”
Mama dragged Lars through his bedroom doorway, but he pulled back against her hand and dropped in a heap on the floor.
“I don’t want to,” he moaned.
“Lars—wake up. I can’t carry you!”
Shrill and piercing sounds whistled overhead, followed by a thunderous boom-boom-boom! Papa turned and scooped Lars over his shoulder—as if he had just turned three, not seven—and down the stairs they all flew.
The living room walls shuddered. Dishes rattled in the hutch, and the mantel clock and lamps crashed to the floor. Before Marit and her family had crossed the room, another explosion hit nearby—boom!—and the living room window shattered. Marit grabbed Papa’s arm. “Papa, look.” Beyond the empty frame, and under the questioning gaze of snow-topped mountains, strange planes wheeled through the dusky sky. The pounding continued.
“No time! Under the table!” Papa shouted.
They dived for shelter as an ear-ringing roar passed over them. Marit cowered. What in the world was happening? Though she was in grade four, old enough to brave many things—she was a fast skier, always the first of her friends to jump into the icy fjord waters in spring, the one who wanted to hike to the topmost peaks in the summer—now she barely knew herself. She clutched Mama’s waist like a frightened toddler. With each explosion that shook the house, waves of fear rolled through her. Finally, a troubling quiet fell.
The house groaned with brokenness.
No one spoke until the last plane droned away.
Mama’s blue eyes were set in an ash-darkened face, her normally blond hair now blackened with soot. “Marit, are you all right?”
How was she to answer? Nothing seemed real. Only yesterday they’d returned from skiing on their spring holiday. Only yesterday she’d left their grass-roofed hytte in the mountains. Only yesterday she’d laughed until her cheeks hurt. With a sunburned nose, she’d arrived home, ready to return to school. Today. She should be getting ready for school.
“Marit?” her mother repeated. “Can you hear me?”
Marit blinked dust from her eyes. “Ja, Mama. I’m all right.”
Lars buried his face in the folds of Mama’s nightgown and cried. “I’m scared!” Her voice shaky, Mama comforted him. “We’re fine,” she said, smoothing his hair with the palm of her hand. “No one is hurt.”
For several minutes they huddled beneath the table, as if the warmth of their bodies could protect them from what had happened. Marit pressed her head against Papa’s chest. He wrapped his arm around her, his heart thudding against her ear. “We’ll get through this,” he said. Then he crawled out from their shelter and his boots crunched across glass to the broken window. He picked up his double-stringed fiddle from its fallen stand and shook out shards of glass. Holding it to his chest, he stared out the window. “Dear God—not Norway, too.”
“Erik!” Mama said. “Get back—please.”
He didn’t move.
“But they might return any second.”
“Nei, I think the Germans have done their damage . . . for the moment.”
Marit’s pulse thudded in her head and her stomach churnedd, but she finally found her voice. “Germans, Papa? Are you sure?”
“I’m sure. I saw the planes. Who else would invade us?”
“Invade,” Marit ventured, “as in Austria and Poland?” Her parents had discussed the latest events throughout Europe every evening attttt the dinner table.
He was quiet for a long moment. “Marit, I don’t know anything for sure yet. We need to find out who else was hit—what kind of damage has been done.”
Limbs trembling, uncertain her legs would hold her, Marit crawled out from under the table. The hutch had hopped an arm’s length from the corner, and Mama’s teapot and porcelain plates lay in splinters. The pot-bellied cookstove tilted through the kitchen wall, leaving a gaping ragged hole.
Marit stepped closer and looked out. Dirt, boards, a bicycle wheel, and pieces of twisted metal littered the yard. Only yesterday four pairs of skis stood in fresh snow against the shed, but now they were scattered and broken matchsticks. More than once, her grandparents had boasted how Norway had avoided war for over a hundred years. They said Norway was a peaceful country that got along with its neighbors. This shouldn’t be happening!
Village dogs began barking. Smoke rose above the trees and drifted in through the holes in her house’s walls and windows. The wail of a woman came from somewhere beyond. Marit’s hands fell to her sides and a vague numbness settled over her. Talk around the village had made her feel safe: “Norway stayed out of the Great War of 1914,” someone had said. “We’ll stay out of this one, too. Our king will see that we stay neutral.” Everyone spoke with certainty that the Nazis would never invade Norway.
But now, it seemed, they had.
An explosion wrenched Marit Gundersen from her sleep and shook her to her rib cage.
Wide-eyed, she bolted upright. Her skin prickled with fear. In near darkness, Marit flung back her feather-filled dyne and swung her legs over the bed’s icy edge. What had startled her? Her mind darted back and forth. An early thunderstorm in the mountains? The train from Oslo—had it crashed? Had the steamer exploded in Romsdal Fjord?
Mama burst into Marit’s room. “Marit!” she cried. “Get downstairs!”
“Mama, what’s going on?” Surely there was an explanation and no need to panic.
But Mama’s flannel nightgown swirled at her ankles as she turned to the hallway. “Come, Lars —you must wake up!”
Marit yanked a sweater over her nightgown, shoved her toes into her sheepskin slippers, and then stumbled from her room—right into Papa, his unlaced boots hitched over his pajama bottoms.
Marit squared her fists to her waist. “Papa, tell me what’s going on—”
“Downstairs to the cellar!” he said, his hand firm on her shoulder as he guided her toward the stairs. “Questions later.”
Mama dragged Lars through his bedroom doorway, but he pulled back against her hand and dropped in a heap on the floor.
“I don’t want to,” he moaned.
“Lars—wake up. I can’t carry you!”
Shrill and piercing sounds whistled overhead, followed by a thunderous boom-boom-boom! Papa turned and scooped Lars over his shoulder—as if he had just turned three, not seven—and down the stairs they all flew.
The living room walls shuddered. Dishes rattled in the hutch, and the mantel clock and lamps crashed to the floor. Before Marit and her family had crossed the room, another explosion hit nearby—boom!—and the living room window shattered. Marit grabbed Papa’s arm. “Papa, look.” Beyond the empty frame, and under the questioning gaze of snow-topped mountains, strange planes wheeled through the dusky sky. The pounding continued.
“No time! Under the table!” Papa shouted.
They dived for shelter as an ear-ringing roar passed over them. Marit cowered. What in the world was happening? Though she was in grade four, old enough to brave many things—she was a fast skier, always the first of her friends to jump into the icy fjord waters in spring, the one who wanted to hike to the topmost peaks in the summer—now she barely knew herself. She clutched Mama’s waist like a frightened toddler. With each explosion that shook the house, waves of fear rolled through her. Finally, a troubling quiet fell.
The house groaned with brokenness.
No one spoke until the last plane droned away.
Mama’s blue eyes were set in an ash-darkened face, her normally blond hair now blackened with soot. “Marit, are you all right?”
How was she to answer? Nothing seemed real. Only yesterday they’d returned from skiing on their spring holiday. Only yesterday she’d left their grass-roofed hytte in the mountains. Only yesterday she’d laughed until her cheeks hurt. With a sunburned nose, she’d arrived home, ready to return to school. Today. She should be getting ready for school.
“Marit?” her mother repeated. “Can you hear me?”
Marit blinked dust from her eyes. “Ja, Mama. I’m all right.”
Lars buried his face in the folds of Mama’s nightgown and cried. “I’m scared!” Her voice shaky, Mama comforted him. “We’re fine,” she said, smoothing his hair with the palm of her hand. “No one is hurt.”
For several minutes they huddled beneath the table, as if the warmth of their bodies could protect them from what had happened. Marit pressed her head against Papa’s chest. He wrapped his arm around her, his heart thudding against her ear. “We’ll get through this,” he said. Then he crawled out from their shelter and his boots crunched across glass to the broken window. He picked up his double-stringed fiddle from its fallen stand and shook out shards of glass. Holding it to his chest, he stared out the window. “Dear God—not Norway, too.”
“Erik!” Mama said. “Get back—please.”
He didn’t move.
“But they might return any second.”
“Nei, I think the Germans have done their damage . . . for the moment.”
Marit’s pulse thudded in her head and her stomach churnedd, but she finally found her voice. “Germans, Papa? Are you sure?”
“I’m sure. I saw the planes. Who else would invade us?”
“Invade,” Marit ventured, “as in Austria and Poland?” Her parents had discussed the latest events throughout Europe every evening attttt the dinner table.
He was quiet for a long moment. “Marit, I don’t know anything for sure yet. We need to find out who else was hit—what kind of damage has been done.”
Limbs trembling, uncertain her legs would hold her, Marit crawled out from under the table. The hutch had hopped an arm’s length from the corner, and Mama’s teapot and porcelain plates lay in splinters. The pot-bellied cookstove tilted through the kitchen wall, leaving a gaping ragged hole.
Marit stepped closer and looked out. Dirt, boards, a bicycle wheel, and pieces of twisted metal littered the yard. Only yesterday four pairs of skis stood in fresh snow against the shed, but now they were scattered and broken matchsticks. More than once, her grandparents had boasted how Norway had avoided war for over a hundred years. They said Norway was a peaceful country that got along with its neighbors. This shouldn’t be happening!
Village dogs began barking. Smoke rose above the trees and drifted in through the holes in her house’s walls and windows. The wail of a woman came from somewhere beyond. Marit’s hands fell to her sides and a vague numbness settled over her. Talk around the village had made her feel safe: “Norway stayed out of the Great War of 1914,” someone had said. “We’ll stay out of this one, too. Our king will see that we stay neutral.” Everyone spoke with certainty that the Nazis would never invade Norway.
But now, it seemed, they had.
Descriere
This
absorbing
novel
about
the
Norwegian
resistance
during
WWII
is
as
informative
as
it
is
riveting.
An
action-driven
story
of
heroism
and
perserverance,
this
book
captivates,
while
shedding
light
on
a
region
often
overlooked
in
WWII
fiction.
Premii
- Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominee, 2014