Twenty and Ten
American children's novel
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| Author | Claire Huchet Bishop |
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| Illustrator | William Pène du Bois |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 1952 |
| Publication place | United States |
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| Pages | 76 |
Twenty and Ten is an American children's novel written by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by William Pène du Bois, first published in 1952 by Viking Press. In 1973 it was republished with minor revisions as The Secret Cave.[1]
Set in Beauvallon, Rhône, France in 1944, near the end of the Nazi occupation, it is a story about twenty French fifth-graders who helped shelter ten Jewish children from Nazi soldiers. May Hill Arbuthnot called it "exciting, often exceedingly funny and full of the gallantry of decent human beings".[2]
In 1985 it was filmed as Miracle at Moreaux.[3]
References
- ^ Wilson, Meg. "Twenty And Ten (1952)". Odd and Interesting Children's Novels 1900-1975. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ Arbuthnot, May Hill (1953). "Books for Children: Twenty and Ten". Elementary English. 30 (1): 57. JSTOR 41384020. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (7 December 1985). "TV: 'Miracle,' A Tale of Flight from Nazis". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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Works by Claire Huchet Bishop
- The Five Chinese Brothers (1938)
- The Man Who Lost His Head (1942)
- Pancakes-Paris (1947)
- Twenty and Ten (1952)
- All Alone (1953)
- Miracle at Moreaux (1985)
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