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Guardian Angel House
by Kathy Clark
Ages: 9+
Published: 2009
Publisher: Second Story Press
ISBN: 978-1-897187-58-6
Keywords: Holocaust
12-year-old Susan and her six-year-old sister Vera are among 120 Jewish girls hidden from the Nazis in a Budapest convent. Based on a true story.