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02298aam a2200361 i 4500 001 91D81CE2C58611EE87313A0825ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240207010021 008 230112s2023 cau d 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9781595801197 020 $a 1595801197 035 $a (OCoLC)1356723586 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d UKMGB $d GIP $d IMD $d GK5 $d OCLCF $d TOH $d OCL $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d IWB $d SILO 082 04 $a 823.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Carrillo, Dominic, $e author. 245 10 $a Acts of resistance / $c by Dominic Carillo. 264 1 $a Solana Beach, California : $b Santa Monica Press LLC, $c 2023. 300 $a 223 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 3 $a Between 1943 and 1944, nearly 50,000 Bulgarian Jews were rescued from the Holocaust, including thousands who had already been rounded up and put on trains bound for death camps in Poland. Dominic Carrillo's suspenseful novel Acts of Resistance is based on a true story of this incredibly heroic effort by the citizens of Bulgaria. In Carrillo's powerful account, he skillfully weaves together a thrilling tale told by three alternating teenage narrators: Misho, Peter, and Lily. As the characters' lives become more endangered and their unsung roles in saving Jewish citizens are revealed, the reader is treated to a tension-filled adventure surrounding one of the greatest unknown acts of heroism associated with the Holocaust. Acts of Resistance will have you on the edge of your seat as Misho, Peter, and Lily face and overcome extremely perilous situations, ultimately triumphing as they each help to lead the people of Bulgaria to rise up against the Nazis and save their nearly 50,000-strong Jewish population from extinction. --Back cover. 650 0 $a Jews $z Bulgaria $x History $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Rescue $x Rescue $z Bulgaria $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Bulgaria $x History $y 1941-1944 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Bulgaria $x Ethnic relations $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) $z Bulgaria $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young adult fiction. 650 0 $a Historical fiction 650 0 $a Fiction 650 0 $a History 650 0 $a Young adult works 941 $a 1 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240207010305.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=91D81CE2C58611EE87313A0825ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search