{"product_id":"0375858229-black_radishes","title":"Black Radishes","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eSydney Taylor Honor Award Winner \u003ci\u003eBlack Radishes\u003c\/i\u003e is a suspenseful WWII\/Holocaust story, in which one boy learns what it means to be Jewish and French at a time when everything is changing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e     It is March of 1940. The French believe that their army can protect them from Nazi Germany. But is Paris a safe place for Jews? Gustave’s parents don’t think so. Forced to leave behind his best friend, the mischievous Marcel, and his cousin Jean-Paul, Gustave moves with his mother and father to Saint-Georges, a small village in the countryside.\u003cbr\u003e\n     During April and May, Nazi Germany invades one country after another. In June, the French army is defeated, and Paris is occupied. Saint-Georges is still part of the free zone, but the situation there is becoming increasingly precarious.\u003cbr\u003e\nThen Gustave meets Nicole, a Catholic girl who works for the French Resistance. Along with her father, Nicole tries to find a way to smuggle Jean-Paul, Marcel, and their families into Free France so that they can all escape to America. It is Gustave, however, who comes up with a plan that just might work. But going into Occupied France is a risky thing to do when you are Jewish.\u003cbr\u003e\n     Inspired by her father’s experiences as a Jewish child living in France during World War II, Susan Lynn Meyer tells the story of a family’s day-to-day struggles in a country that may not be able to keep its promise of “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2011 Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Older Readers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildren's Books\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReligions\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReligious Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eJewish\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Yearling","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":48508317204670,"sku":"0375858229-4","price":14.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81BX1jKu9BL.jpg?v=1785935169","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0375858229-black_radishes","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}