genre: children's fiction
In a hillside home in France, twenty children are waiting out WWII along with their nun guardian. When she is told that there are ten Jewish children who have escaped and need a safe place to stay, Sister Gabriel makes the choice to hide them from the Nazis. Can the other children not just be kind and friendly to the newcomer but can they keep what might be a deadly secret?
When I saw this book it reminded me of a movie I loved as a child - Miracle at Moreaux - and it turns out Twenty and Ten is totally the inspiration for the movie! This short novel is just the right amount of scary and offers some interesting ideas for conversation with children. There are religious themes (mostly Christian but with the understanding that Jesus was a Jew) but it is very child-centered and empowering, when it truly is the children themselves who save the day when danger arrives. It didn't blow me away but it was was a nice quick read aloud.
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