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The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century (Scholastic Focus) Hardcover - 2018

by Neal Bascomb

The author of "The Nazi Hunters" returns with the thrilling untold story about a group of Allied POWs during World War I who staged an escape from a German camp called Holzminden in July, 1918. Photos.


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Neal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I.***Three starred reviews!***Neal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I. Illustrated throughout with incredible photographs and published on the 100th anniversary of the Holzminden escape!At the height of World War I, as battles raged in the trenches and in the air, another struggle for survival was being waged in the most notorious POW camp in all of Germany: Holzminden. A land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, it was home to the most troublesome Allied prisoners--and the most talented at escape. The Grand Escape tells the remarkable tale of a band of pilots who pulled off an ingenious plan and made it out of enemy territory in the biggest breakout of WWI, inspiring their countrymen in the darkest hours of the war.

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  • Title The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century (Scholastic Focus)
  • Author Neal Bascomb
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Arthur A. Levine Books
  • Date 2018-09-25
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781338140347 / 1338140345
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.2 in (21.59 x 14.73 x 3.05 cm)
  • Ages 12 to 15 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 10
  • Reading level 1070
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
  • Library of Congress subjects Prisoner-of-war escapes, Prisoners of war
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018016857
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.472

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/2018, Page 32
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2018, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 01/01/2019, Page 110
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2019, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/2018, Page 171
  • School Library Journal, 09/01/2018, Page 137
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 08/01/2018, Page 0

About the author

  • Neal Bascomb is the author of The Race of the Century: The Battle to Break the Four-Minute Mile, which Kirkus Reviews calls a "gripping narrative nonfiction tale" and The Nazi Hunters, winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award, among numerous other awards. School Library Journal called his second young adult book, Sabotage, "excellent" in a starred review and The Grand Escape a "fantastic pick for avid history readers" also in a starred review. His book The Racers was named a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book and a starred review from School Library Journal called The Racers "Highly Recommended." In addition, he is the author of six nonfiction books for adults on subjects ranging from a 1905 Russian submarine mutiny to a contemporary high school robotics team. The Perfect Mile, Winter Fortress, and Hunting Eichmann went on to be New York Times and international bestsellers. Neal lives in Philadelphia with his family and rascal dog, Moses. Please visit his website at nealbascomb.com and follow him on Facebook @nealrbascomb.
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