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A whale in Paris : how it happened that Chantal Duprey befriended a whale during the Second World War and helped liberate France Cover Image Book Book

A whale in Paris : how it happened that Chantal Duprey befriended a whale during the Second World War and helped liberate France / Daniel Presley & Claire Polders ; illustrated by Erin McGuire.

Presley, Daniel, (author.). Polders, Claire, 1976- (author.). McGuire, Erin, (illustrator.).

Summary:

During the German occupation of Paris, Chantal, twelve, spies a whale while fishing with her father in the Seine and is determined to return it to the ocean before the Nazis or starving Parisians can destroy it.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781534419155
  • ISBN: 1534419152
  • ISBN: 9781534419162
  • ISBN: 1534419160
  • Physical Description: 246 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
650L Lexile
Ages 10 up.

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Subject: France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Fiction.
Whales > Fiction.
Human-animal relationships > Fiction.
Single-parent families > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > France > Paris > Fiction.
Paris (France) > History > 1940-1944 > Fiction.
Paris (France) > History > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Children's fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Blair County Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Altoona Area Public Library.

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Altoona Area Public Library JF PRE (Text) 33240004496751 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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