{"product_id":"hidden-yellow-stars-9781639933938","title":"Hidden Yellow Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBased on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBelgium, 1942\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Young schoolteacher Andr?e Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium, who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow Star of David. Andr?e is not Jewish, but she feels a maternal connection to her students, who are living in constant fear, and decides to take action. No child should have to suffer under such persecution. But what can one woman do against an entire army? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ida Sterno is a Jewish woman who works with a clandestine resistance group tasked with hiding children from the Gestapo. She recruits Andr?e because her Aryan appearance can provide crucial security measures for their efforts. Andr?e agrees to join and begins work immediately by adopting a code name: Claude Fournier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together, Andr?e and Ida work tirelessly to move Jewish children from their families and smuggle them to safety through the secret channels established by the Committee for the Defense of Jews. As each child is hidden, Andr?e commits to memory their true name and history. Someday, she vows, she will help reunite as many of these families as she can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But with the Gestapo closing in along with the traitorous Fat Jacques, who has turned from ally to enemy and is threatening to identify any Jew he meets, Andr?e and Ida must work against increasingly impossible odds to save as many children as possible and keep them safely hidden--even if it might cost them their own lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shadow Mountain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639933938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"Rebecca Connolly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45111906992309,"sku":"9781639933938","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_90f294d1-a5e2-4514-8951-649f3d88e2da.jpg?v=1739887533","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hidden-yellow-stars-9781639933938","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}