Students will be highly interested in studying this novel based on true accounts of resistance Fighters  in Denmark during World War II. This novel carefully does not deal directly with the atrocities of concentration camps and other historical events that might be deemed too difficult to process for children of this age. Instead this highly researched book deals specifically, in a realistic fiction format, with actual events of Danish people risking their lives to save the lives of other citizens. Students will benefit from the interactive discussion program. This is a novel of heroism, courage and bravery.

 Students will participate in vocabulary in context, comprehension questions/ discussion on plot, character decisions, themes, plots, and sharing specific story elements , discussing themes of the novel and connecting them with evidence, looking at actual actions taken by resistance fighters/ partisans that saved so many lives in Denmark, through studying the actions of specific characters, based on account of actual people during this time in history, and what led them to life or death decisions.