Jesper

by Carol Matas

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After the Nazi occupation of Denmark forces his Jewish friends to flee the country, seventeen-year-old Jesper continues his work in the underground resistance movement. Sequel to "Lisa's War."

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Jesper is a good book. It is a really good book espicilly if your not into reading series of books like me. It will keep you wanting to read the next chapter. It will keep you off gaming devices for as long as your reading it!
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Writer Carol Matas was born in Canada in 1949. Matas was an actress and currently teaches writing. Matas is best known for her historical adventures. These often feature young people caught up in the world's problems. "Daniel's Story," about a young Jewish boy in Nazi Germany, was short-listed for the 1993 Governor General's Award and the 1994 show more Ruth Schwartz Award and won the Silver Birch Award. Lisa won the Geoffrey Bilson Award and was a New York Times Book Review Notable of 1989. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Code Name Kris; Jesper
Original publication date
1989
Important places
Denmark
Important events
Holocaust
Dedication
For my mother-in-law, Inge Brask, and my father-in-law Olaf Brask, and in memory of Jan Brask (1956-1988), who faught his own courageous battle.

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Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Tween
DDC/MDS
080Computer science, information & general worksAnthologies and QuotationsGeneral collections
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PZ7 .M423964 .CLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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English, Spanish
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Paper
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