October 45
Publication Information
Author:  Besson, Jean Louis	Illustrator:  Besson, Jean Louis
Title:  October 45	Date:  1995
Publisher:  Harcourt Brace & Co.	City:  San Diego, CA
ISBN, paperback:  0-15-200955-8	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
Subtitled "Childhood Memories of the War," this book tells the author's observations of life from September, 1939, when France and England enter the war against Germany, through October, 1945, when Besson goes back to school in peace for the first time.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers may want to read and excerpt from this book. Instruction might focus on point of view, using the author's excerpt about D-Day along with several others. Teachers will want to handle the author's treatment of Jews and their plight very carefully. Some members of the Reading Group were initially offended by some text, but this too could spark interesting discussions or response journal entries about different perspectives, including the perspectives of those neither Jewish nor directly involved in the war. www.ddaymuseum.org, www.nando.net/sproject/dday.html
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Ethnic Groups > Jewish Geography > locations > continents/regions > Europe History > time period > 20th Century History > topic > war > World War II History > topic > war > children and war

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