The boat runner
(Large Print)
Author
Published
Wateville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017.
ISBN
9781432842673, 1432842676
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Palos Heights Public Library - Stacks | L.P. FIC MUR | Checked out |
Tinley Park Public Library - 1st Floor | LARGE TYPE FICTION MURPHY, DEVIN | On Shelf |
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Published
Wateville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
551 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781432842673, 1432842676
Notes
Description
Beginning in the summer of 1939, fourteen-year-old Jacob Koopman and his older brother, Edwin, enjoy lives of prosperity and quiet contentment. Many of the residents in their small Dutch town have some connection to the Koopman lightbulb factory, and the locals hold the family in high esteem. On days when they aren't playing with friends, Jacob and Edwin help their Uncle Martin on his fishing boat in the North Sea, where German ships have become a common sight. But conflict still seems unthinkable, even as the boys' father naively sends his sons to a Hitler Youth Camp in an effort to secure German business for the factory. When war breaks out, Jacob's world is thrown into chaos. The Boat Runner follows Jacob over the course of four years, through the forests of France, the stormy beaches of England, and deep within the secret missions of the German Navy, where he is confronted with the moral dilemma that will change his life -- and his life's mission -- forever. Based on the little-known story of the young Dutch boys who were thrown into the Nazi campaign, as well as the brave boatmen who risked everything to give Jewish refugees safe passage to land abroad.
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LARGE PRINT
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Murphy, D. (2017). The boat runner (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Murphy, Devin. 2017. The Boat Runner. Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Murphy, Devin. The Boat Runner Thorndike Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Murphy, Devin. The Boat Runner Large print edition., Thorndike Press, 2017.
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