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Hoestlandt, Jo. Star of Fear, Star of Hope. Illustrated by Johanna Kang. Translated from French. New York : Walker, 1995. (32)p. $15.95. ISBN: 0-8027-8373-2. Historical Fiction. Picture Book for grades 2 and up. A nine year old girl regrets an argument with her Jewish pal the night this friend disappears during the Holocaust. Set in Nazi controlled France, this age appropriate plot succeeds as a personal drama of loss and as a communal tragedy branding perpetrators and bystanders. Stylized, spare illustrations capture the 40's.
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