The Little Riders

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The Little Riders
Author: Shemin, Margaretha
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Time Period: Modern Age
Time Frame: 1940-1945
Geographic Area: Europe
Country: Holland
Topics: WWII, Nazi Occupation
Genre: Fiction
Reading Age: Middle Grade
Format: Chapter Book
Published: 1993


Content Warning
child abuse

World History > Modern Age > WWII

"Take care of the little riders," says Johanna's father to the eleven-year-old when he leaves her with his parents for an extended vacation in their Dutch village. And Johanna does. She loves the twelve metal figures on horseback who ride forth each hour from the clock on the ancient church tower. She would do anything to protect them, anything. And on night she risks her life to prove it.

Set during the Second World War when the German army occupied Holland, The Little Riders is an exciting, moving adventure story, just right for reading aloud.

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