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Zion Covenant volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 25
Description
Leah and Shimon Feldstein finally reach the Promised Land. They enter their new life under the shadow of the Western Wall, only to find that a longer, more sinister shadow is casting its darkness over the Holy Land. Will they ever find true peace, a resting place for their spirits? Or will their time in Jerusalem be only a brief interlude in the ongoing struggle for a homeland?
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Zion Covenant volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 33
Description
It's May 1939, Aaron Lubetkin, esteemed rabbi of Muranow, is released from a Warsaw prison. But he and his family--beautiful Etta, daughter Rachel, and sons David, Samuel, and baby Yacov--remain targets of Hitler's sinister plot. In the free city of Danzig, Lucy Strasburg flees in terror from SS officer Wolf von Fritschauer. If he finds her, the consequences for Lucy and her newborn will be dire. Yet each day the web around her tightens. Imprisoned...
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Series
Zion Covenant volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 27
Description
Elisa Lindheim, of Jewish heritage, and John Murphy, New York Times reporter, become entangled in a web of intrigue, danger, and conspiracy.
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Zion Covenant volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Description
March 12, 1938, is a dark day. Hitler's evil sweeps across Austria, destroying all in its path. Although violinist Elisa Lindheim is safe in Czechoslovakia--for the moment--she grieves over her beloved Vienna. Swastika flags now wave from every window. Jewish shops are destroyed. Neighbors' houses stand empty. The Jews and those who try to defend them are arrested or killed. The clock is running out for those the Nazis consider enemies of the state,...
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Zion Covenant volume 5
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 27
Description
It's November, 1938--Kristal Nacht the "Night of the breaking Glass." As Hitler's minions blaze through Berlin, arresting Jews, burning homes, shops, and synagogues, Paster Karl Ibsen races to aid the Kalners, a Jewish fammily in his congregation. But will he be too late? And what price will his wife Helen, and children, Lori and Jamie pay for his actions?--Book Jacket
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Zion Covenant volume 8
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Josephine Marlow has been assigned to the AP office in Paris, and civillians are being evacuated to Paris from the French countryside in preparation for a Nazi invasion.
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Series
Zion Covenant volume 9
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
AP journalist Josephine must undertake a dangerous journey back into the borders of the Reich in order to save a child's life.
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Zion Covenant volume 7
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
In the dark fall of 1939, the hopes of the Polish people fade as Nazi bombers strafe the beloved city of Warsaw. Politicians debate while hundreds stand in lines at the British Embassy, desperate to flee the country before Hitler's ground forces arrive. Mac McGrath, a veteran American photographer, recorded the landslide toward war with dedication, believing that if he told the truth, the world would rise up and put a stop to Hitler's plans. Now his...
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Zion Covenant volume 3
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 25
Description
Although they are able to escape Hitler's Germany, Leah and Louis are unable to find a country which will take them in.
Author
Series
Zion Covenant volume 3
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Leah and little Louis attempt to escape Austria over treacherous foot paths in the Alps while Murphy and Elisa begin their trip toward New York. While Jewish refugees from Germany float on the open seas, Elisa stands precariously between Hitler's domination of Europe and the possibility of destroying his power once and for all.
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Zion covenant volume 6
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
It's May 1939, Aaron Lubetkin, esteemed rabbi of Muranow, is released from a Warsaw prison. But he and his family--beautiful Etta, daughter Rachel, and sons David, Samuel, and baby Yacov--remain targets of Hitler's sinister plot. In the free city of Danzig, Lucy Strasburg flees in terror from SS officer Wolf von Fritschauer. If he finds her, the consequences for Lucy and her newborn will be dire. Yet each day the web around her tightens. Imprisoned...
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Series
Zion covenant volume 5
Pub. Date
[1991]
Description
As the synagogues of Berlin burn and Jewish homes are plundered, two families face the grim reality of life in the new Germany. Anna Lindheim's sister Helen and her pastor husband Karl Isben are arrested for helping the Jews. The Ibsen children, Lori and Jamie, must find a way to escape their Nazi pursuers. Young Peter Wallich, with his mother, sister and baby brother, faces the same dilemma. How can he, a Jew, get them out of Vienna to safety? How...