![]() ![]() Literary elements at work in the story: In this work of historical fiction, the setting of Nazi-occupiedParis is of primary importance. ![]() “It’s a sign, Maman…!” Monique cries, sure that Sevrine is letting them know that she is safe. Although they hear no word about Sevrine’s whereabouts, several weeks later as they are working in their garden, Monique and her mother are surrounded by several dozen Monarch butterflies. She quickly arranges to send Sevrine’s parents off to the next safe house, and she and Monique themselves take Sevrine to a rendezvous point and send her off to what they hope will be asylum. One night, Monique’s next-door-neighbor spots the two girls as they stand at a window to release a butterfly, and, terrified, they run to awaken Monique’s mother. These scenes of childish play stand in stark contrast to the terrible things that the “tall boots,” the Nazi soldiers, are doing in the town. The two little girls visit one another at night as often as they can without waking their parents, playing dress-up and having late-night tea parties. This apparition turns out to be Sevrine, a Jewish girl whose family is being hidden by Monique’s mother in their cellar. Summary: Late one moonlit evening in World War II-eraParis, Monique finds a little ghost girl perched on the end of her bed, petting her cat. ![]() Audience: Grades 1-5 (although in places the subject matter may be too harsh for the lower end of this age range) ![]()
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