ISBN |
9780062915597 (paperback) |
0062915592 (paperback) |
Name |
Billet, Julia author. |
Uniform title |
Guerre de Catherine. English |
Title |
Catherine's war Julia Billet, Claire Fauvel ; translation by Ivanka Hahnenberger. |
Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Published |
New York, NY : HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020. |
©2020 |
Description |
154 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 23 cm |
Notes |
"Originally published in 2017 in French by Rue de Sèvres as La guerre de Catherine"--Title page verso. |
Includes a map and photographs of the real Catherine and her wartime experiences, as well as an interview with author Julia Billet. |
Summary |
At the Sèvres Children's Home outside Paris, Rachel Cohen has discovered her passion--photography. Although she hasn't heard from her parents in months, she loves the people at her school, adores capturing what she sees in pictures, and tries not to worry too much about Hitler's war. But as France buckles under the Nazi regime, danger closes in, and Rachel must change her name and go into hiding. As Catherine Colin, Rachel Cohen is faced with leaving the Sèvres Home--and the friends she made there--behind. But with her beautiful camera, Catherine possesses an object with the power to remember. For the rest of the war, Catherine bears witness to her own journey, and to the countless heroes whose courage and generosity saved the lives of many, including her own. Based on the author's mother's own experiences as a hidden child in France during World War II, Catherine's War is one of the most accessible historical graphic novels featuring a powerful girl since Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi--perfect for fans of Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, Anne Frank, or Helen Keller. |
Target audience note |
Ages: 8-12. |
Language note |
Translated from the French. |
Subjects |
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc |
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Comic books, strips, etc |
Photographers -- Comic books, strips, etc |
Children -- Institutional care -- Comic books, strips, etc |
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc |
Genre |
Historical comics |
Biographical comics |
Graphic novels |
Other Names |
Fauvel, Claire illustrator. |
Hahnenberger, Ivanka translator. |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
- Biographical comics .
- Children -- Institutional care -- Comic books, strips, etc .
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc .
- Graphic novels .
- Historical comics .
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Comic books, strips, etc .
- Photographers -- Comic books, strips, etc .
- World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc .
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