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Children and fire : a novel

Hegi, Ursula. (Author).

Summary: Children and Fire tells the story of a single day that will forever transform the lives of the townspeople. At the core of this remarkable novel is the question of how one teachergifted and joyful, passionate and inventivecan become seduced by propaganda during the early months of Hitlers regime and encourage her ten-year-old students to join the “Hitler-Jugend” with its hikes and songs and bonfires. Membership, she believes, will be a step toward better schools, better apprenticeships.

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  • ISBN: 1451608292
  • ISBN: 9781451608298 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: print
    272 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2011.
Subject: National socialism -- Fiction
Influence (Psychology) -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
Schoolboys -- Fiction
Villages -- Fiction
Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction
Women teachers -- Fiction
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
General.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 11 of 12 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Beaver Valley Public Library F HEG (Text) 35144000050299 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Burns Lake Public Library AF (Text) 35198000491903 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library FIC HEG (Text) 35146001689744 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Kaslo and District Public Library AF HEG (Text) 35134000300836 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Prince Rupert Library Hegi (Text) 33294001743889 Adult Fiction - Second Floor Volume hold Available -
Rossland Public Library FIC HEG (Text) 35162000029352 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Smithers Public Library F HEG (Text) 35101000335096 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Terrace Public Library Heg (Text) 35151000205641 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Tumbler Ridge Public Library AF HEGI (Text) TRL057317 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
100 Mile House Branch HEG (Text) 33923004743187 General Fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: Children and Fire tells the story of a single day that will forever transform the lives of the townspeople. At the core of this remarkable novel is the question of how one teachergifted and joyful, passionate and inventivecan become seduced by propaganda during the early months of Hitlers regime and encourage her ten-year-old students to join the “Hitler-Jugend” with its hikes and songs and bonfires. Membership, she believes, will be a step toward better schools, better apprenticeships.
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