The Butterfly

<p>Since the tall boots, the Nazi's, have invaded Monique's small French village, nothing surprises her. Until she meets the ghost in the attic — who happens to be, not a ghost at all, but a young Jewish girl named Sevrine who has been hiding from the Nazi's in her very own home. </p><p>Thus unfolds the story of these two girls — their growing friendship, and the heartwrenching moment when they are forced into a nighttime flight from the country that could cost young Sevrine, and her family, their lives.</p><p>In the tradition of <i>Pink and Say</i>, Polacco once again dips into her own family's history to reveal her Aunt Monique's true story of friendship from the French Resistance. <br /></p>