内容简介

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.

精彩摘录

InreadingoftheResistanceleadersinDenmark.IcameacrossanaccountofayoungmannamedKimMalthe-bruun,whowaseventuallycapturedandexecutedbytheNaziswhenhewasonlytwenty-oneyearsold.IreadhisstoryasIhadreadmanyothersturningthepages,skimminghereandthere:thissabotage,thattactic,thiscapture,thatescape.Afterawhileevencouragebecomesroutinetothereader.Then,quiteunprepared,IturnedthepageandfacedaphotographofKimMalthe-bruun.Heworeaturtlenecksweater,andhisthick,lighthairwaswindblown.Hiseyeslookedoutatme,unwaveringonthepage.Seeinghimthere,soterriblyyoung,brokemyheart.Butseeingthequietdeterminationinhisboyisheyesmademedetermined,too,totellhisstory,andthatofalltheDanishpeople...

——引自第136页

“Whoisthatmanwhoridespasthereeverymorningonhishorse?"theGermansoldierhadasked.Papasaidhehadsmiledtohimself,amusedthattheGermansoldierdidnotknow.Helistenedwhiletheboyanswered."Heisourking,"theboytoldthesoldier."HeistheKingofDenmark.""Whereishisbodyguard?"thesoldierhadasked."Anddoyouknowwhattheboysaid?"PapahadaskedAnnemarie.Shewassittingonhislap.Shewaslittle,then,onlysevenyearsold.Sheshookherhead,waitingtoheartheanswer."Theboylookedrightatthesoldier,andhesaid,‘AllofDenmarkishisbodyguard.'"这位国王就是ChristianX,像我这种完全不了解国外历史人对这位喜欢一个人出来溜达的国王都好感兴趣呢~

——引自第1页