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A coming evil

Vivian Vande Velde

1998213 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1998
first published
  • 1998Houghton Mifflin · 213 pages · ENGISBN 9780395900123
  • 2007Houghton Mifflin · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780618747818

During the German occupation of France in 1940, thirteen-year-old Lisette meets a ghost while living with her aunt who harbors Jewish and Gypsy children in the French countryside.

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ViolenceFrequent
Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesWar

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