![]() ![]() Then Nazi officers requisition their house for the German army. ![]() Stefania and Helena make the extraordinary decision to hide Max, and eventually twelve more Jewish people. One day, Max Diamant knocks on her door-he’s jumped from a train headed to a death camp. The Diamants are forced into the ghetto, and Stefania is alone in an occupied city, the only one left to care for Helena, her six-year-old sister. ![]() But everything changes when the German army invades Przemsyl. It is 1943, and for four years, sixteen-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamants, a Jewish family in Przemsyl, Poland. The Light in Hidden Places is based on the extraordinary true story of Stefania Podgórska, a teenage girl who made the brave choice to hide 13 Jewish people in her attic while taking care of her six-year-old sister. This book exceeds all my expectations.” - Ed Burzminski, son of Stefania Podgórska “Sharon Cameron’s exciting novel weaves together the lightheartedness, sheer terror, and incredible inner strength of this young woman, my mom. An incredible true story of bravery, survival, and defiance.” - Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee “Harrowing, heartbreaking, and yet so full of hope.” - Jennifer Donnelly, New York Times bestselling author of Stepsister Book Club Giveaway: THE LIGHT IN HIDDEN PLACES ![]()
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