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Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair : inside the 1944 plot to kill Hitler and the ghost children of his revenge  Cover Image Book Book

Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair : inside the 1944 plot to kill Hitler and the ghost children of his revenge / Ann Bausum.

Bausum, Ann, (author.).

Summary:

"'I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children.' --Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944. With those chilling words, Christa von Hofacker and her younger siblings found themselves ensnared in a web of family punishment designed to please one man--Adolf Hitler. The furious dictator sought merciless revenge against not only Christa's father and the other Germans who had just tried to overthrow his government. He wanted to torment their relatives, too, regardless of age or stature. All of them. Including every last child." -- Back cover.
"The stories of the children whose families were torn apart as a result of a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781426338540
  • ISBN: 1426338546
  • ISBN: 9781426338557
  • ISBN: 1426338554
  • Physical Description: 143 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Washington : National Geographic, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Hitler's rise -- Resisting the regime -- Valkyrie -- Hitler's revenge -- The ghost children -- Hitler's demise -- A traumatic shadow -- Timeline -- The Borntal's Sippenhaft families.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10 and up National Geographic Kids.
Grades 4-6 National Geographic Kids.
Subject: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 > Assassination attempts.
Hofacker, Christa von, 1932- > Diaries.
Schenk von Stauffenberg, Klaus Philipp, Graf, 1907-1944 > Family.
Sippenhaft.
Operation Valkyrie, 1944.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Germany.
National socialism and children.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.

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Erlanger Branch 943.086 B351e 2021 (Text) 33126019961725 YA Nonfiction Available -

ANN BAUSUM is an award-winning children's book author who brings history alive by connecting readers to personal stories from the past that echo in the present day. The Wolf's Lair is her 11th book for National Geographic Kids and her fourth look at international history. While researching the book, she traveled twice to Europe to get to know the people and places that became intertwined in 1944 after the failed effort to kill Hitler at the Wolf's Lair. Previously Bausum has explored international history with such works as Stubby the War Dog; Denied, Detained, Deported; and Unraveling Freedom. Many of her books highlight themes of social justice, including her National Geographic title The March Against Fear. In 2017, her body of work was honored by the Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC. Individual titles have won numerous starred reviews and been recognized with a Sibert Honor Award, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, the Carter G. Woodson Award, and the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, among other distinctions.

Ann Bausum writes about US history for young people. Her books consistently earn prominent national recognition. Denied, Detained, Deported was named the 2010 Carter G. Woodson Book Award winner at the secondary school level from the National Council for the Social Studies. Muckrakers earned the Golden Kite Award as best nonfiction book of the year from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Freedom Riders gained the Robert F. Sibert Honor designation from the American Library Association, and With Courage and Cloth received the Jane Addams Children's Book Award as the year's best book on social justice issues for older readers.


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