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Title	:	Twenty and Ten
Author	:	Claire Huchet Bishop
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 76 pages
Published	:	March 30th 1978 by Puffin Books (first published 1952)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Childrens. World War II. Holocaust. War

Twenty and Ten

Claire Huchet Bishop

Paperback | Pages: 76 pages

Rating: 4.14 | 4461 Users | 296 Reviews

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I love old books, especially old, out of print, children's books. I found an old copy of this book at a thriftshop recently for 10 cents. I purchased it and several others, saving them for holiday reading. I'm glad I did. Just before New Year's I came down with a cold. I spent a day snuggled in my warm blankets with hot tea....and several really great books. I started my reading binge with this title, first published in 1951 under the title Twenty and Ten.

I didn't realize it when I first started reading, but by page 10 or so I realized I have read this story before under its original title. I definitely enjoyed re-reading it! A group of fifth graders and one 4-year old sibling are tucked away at a country house in France. The German army is occupying France, so children have been moved away from cities for their safety. The nearby village has German soldiers though...so it isn't completely safe. Their teacher, Sister Gabriel, asks them to participate in a very important secret....they must not tell, even if German soldiers threaten or torture them for the information. They are going to hide 10 Jewish children. It's a matter of life and death for them all.

The book is only 80 pages long, but it packs a lot of story in those few pages! The story is not graphic and totally age appropriate for middle grade level readers. As an adult, I also enjoyed the story.

The used copy I bought is quite old....and in the middle, I found that 3 pages were missing. Luckily, I found a digital copy online to read those missing pages as they were right in the middle of an important part of the plot! I also discovered some long lost school notes from a prior book owner...a page of very old notes on the original 13 US colonies. I hope the prior book owner passed her quiz at school! :) You never know what you might find in an old book....or not find (the missing 3 pages!). I enjoyed the last read of this very old book and threw it away since it was too damaged to share with anyone or keep.

The Secret Cave is a very entertaining story about 30 courageous children! Great quick read for a day where I was feeling totally under the weather. Very uplifting story!

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Original Title:	Twenty and Ten
ISBN:	0140310762 (ISBN13: 9780140310764)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education) (1952)

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Ratings: 4.14 From 4461 Users | 296 Reviews

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Gets a 4.5. It was a very good shorter microscopic look at how WW2 affected the 5th grade class of twenty students boarding with a nun in France. All of the sudden they took in ten Jewish refugee children, orphans, knowing that their nun teacher would be shot and they'd be in trouble if found. Negatives: not many, really. Only that at first, there are some stories that seem to not be going anywhere or seem unrelated to the plot; but it all ties together in the end. A tiny flavor of juvenile

I really like it. one of my favorite parts was when they find the chocolate and oranges the nazis used.

This must have been one of the earliest historical fiction children titles for World War II, since it came out in 1952. I probably read it in the 1960s. It meets one of my main problems with WWII lit for young kids: while it makes it clear that it was a case of life and death for the kids, it never actually says that, well, except for one rather understated sentence. Actually, reading it again as an adult, I am not completely sure if the narrator, Janet, age 11, completely understood that

This book is small. but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in good, clean, historical fiction. One of the coolest stories I have ever read. Great for young kids who want to start reading historical books.

I cannot believe how very good this was. I just wish it had been about five times longer, because it was kind of short, and I read it in two days.

A great book for lower readers wanting to learning a bit about rescue and resistence during the Holocaust. It does have some "old school" vocabulary... which is great for the students to think through the words and their context meaning. The story is about a nun and her young charges, hiding some Jewish children...and a couple of Nazi soldiers come searching.

Full review here. Many, many childrens books have been written about WWII. Some are moralistic. Some are determined to educate children about history. This one stands out of the pack because Bishop herself was French, and she knew the people and the place she was writing about. As the story unfolds, we learn details such as how precious a single square of chocolate was, and how a fresh orange was even more exciting than chocolate. How even children who were basically safe and healthy during the