Winter in Wartime by Jan Terlouw
A gripping and fast-paced adventure story about one boy's life-threatening mission to support the secret resistance in Nazi-occupied Netherlands, based on the author's own childhood in Holland during World War I. It's the winter of 1944-45, and Michiel's country has been at war since he was eleven. Now he's fifteen, and his country is under Nazi occupation, including the town where Michiel lives and where his father is the mayor. No longer able to attend school, Michiel spends his days running urgent errands on his bicycle, avoiding Allied bombers and German soldiers alike. Then one day, his friendship with Dirk, the neighbor's older son and a member of the secret underground, involves him in the care of a wounded British pilot. When a German soldier is found murdered and the townspeople are blamed for his death, Michiel's already-risky mission turns life-threatening. Winter in Wartime is a fast-paced and exciting novel, which has never been out of print in the Netherlands since it was first published, nearly fifty years ago. Based on the author's own boyhood in wartime Holland, the action and adventure of Michiel's mission makes for a gripping read, while the anguish of his experience underscores the ultimate anti-war tenor of the novel.
Terlouw, Jan: - Jan Terlouw naciü¾Œ¶˜¼ en Kamperveen en 1931. Despuü¾Ž–”¼s del servicio militar, trabajü¾Œ¶˜¼ trece aü¾Œ–˜¼os en el campo de la investigaciü¾Œ¶˜¼n nuclear en los Paü¾™†”¼ses Bajos, Gran Bretaü¾Œ–˜¼a y Suecia. Entre los aü¾Œ–˜¼os 1971 y 1983 se dedicü¾Œ¶˜¼ activamente a la polü¾™†”¼tica en su paü¾™†”¼s, donde llegü¾Œ¶˜¼ a ser ministro de Economü¾™†”¼a. Ademü¾Œ–”¼s de un gran nü¾˜–˜¼mero de artü¾™†”¼culos sobre economü¾™†”¼a y polü¾™†”¼tica, es autor de una novela para adultos y guiones para la televisiü¾Œ¶˜¼n. Sin embargo, es reconocido por sus libros infantiles y juveniles, que se han convertido en best sellers y han sido traducidos a mü¾Œ–”¼s de venticinco idiomas. Dos de los mü¾Œ–”¼s importantes son Barrotes de bambü¾˜–˜¼ y Cruzada en tiempo de jeans, con mü¾Œ–”¼s de cincuenta ediciones en nuestro paü¾™†”¼s. Ha recibido numerosos premios tanto nacionales como internacionales y en dos ocasiones ha sido galardonado con el premio al mejor libro juvenil holandü¾Ž–”¼s del aü¾Œ–˜¼o. Ademü¾Œ–”¼s estü¾Œ–”¼ incluido en la Lista de Honor del Premio Hans Christian Andersen.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781935954026 |
| ISBN 10 | 1935954024 |
| Title | Winter in Wartime |
| Author | Jan Terlouw |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Lemniscaat USA |
| Year published | 2011-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |