Description
Product ID: | 9781474787260 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Brave Cyclist |
Subtitle: | The True Story of a Holocaust Hero |
Authors: | Author: Amalia Hoffman, Chiara Fedele |
Page Count: | 40 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Warfare, battles, armed forces, Warfare, battles, armed forces (Children's / Teenage), Interest age / level, Interest age: from c 9 years |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Once a skinny and weak child, Italian Gino Bartali rose to become a Tour de France champion and one of cycling's greatest stars. Bartali might have appeared a mere bystander to the harassment and hatred directed toward Italy's Jewish people, but secretly he accepted a role in a dangerous plan to help them. Once a skinny and weak child, Italian Gino Bartali rose to become a Tour de France champion and one of cycling''s greatest stars. But all that seemed unimportant when his country came under the grip of a brutal dictator and entered World War II on the side of Nazi Germany. Bartali might have appeared a mere bystander to the harassment and hatred directed toward Italy''s Jewish people, but secretly he accepted a role in a dangerous plan to help them. Putting his own life at risk, Bartali used his speed and endurance on a bike to deliver documents that Jewish people needed to help them escape harm. His inspiring story reveals how one person could make a difference against violence and prejudice during the time of the Holocaust. |
Imprint Name: | Raintree |
Publisher Name: | Capstone Global Library Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-05-28 |