The book is a labor of love for author Cameron, who enjoyed access to Podgórska's memoir and family members and, according to Stefania's son, got his mother's voice just right. What also continues throughout the story is indomitable spirit, unexpected kindness and luck, a lot of determination and quick thinking, and in spite of all the darkness, love. Before the story even gets under way, several members of the Jewish family who took her in as a 13-year-old Catholic farm girl have been brutally, heartbreakingly murdered by the Nazis, and atrocities (including shooting entire Jewish families and the Catholic families who sheltered them) continue throughout the story. Parents need to know that Sharon Cameron's The Light in Hidden Places is a historical novel based on the true story of Stefania Podgórska, who, as a teen in Poland, sheltered 13 Jews from the Nazis in the attic of the apartment she shared with her little sister. Adults drink alcohol, and sometimes do so to excess.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Adult characters smoke cigarettes (and complain bitterly when they can't get them).
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