MPSO00-60 Margi Preus - Shadow on the Mountain.nfo
General Information
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Title: Shadow on the Mountain
Author: Margi Preus
Read By: Jeff Woodman
Copyright: 2012
Audiobook Copyright: 2013
Genre: Young Adult - Fiction - Historical - WWII - Europe - Holocaust
Publisher: Recorded Books
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: Digital
Length each: Original split
Source: OneClick MP3
File Information
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Number of MP3s: 60
Total Duration: 6:23:23
Total MP3 Size: 133.22
Parity Archive: No
Ripped By: 3j
Encoded With: LAME
Encoded At: CBR 48 kbit/s 32000 Hz Mono
Normalize: None
Noise Reduction: None
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3
Book Description
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Publisher's Summary
Shadow on the Mountain recounts the adventures of a 14-year-old Norwegian
boy named Espen during World War II. After Nazi Germany invades and
occupies Norway, Espen and his friends are swept up in the Norwegian
resistance movement. Espen gets his start by delivering illegal newspapers,
then graduates to the role of courier, and finally becomes a spy, dodging
the Gestapo along the way. During five years under the Nazi regime,
he gains - and loses - friends, falls in love, and makes one small mistake
that threatens to catch up with him as he sets out to escape on skis
over the mountains to Sweden.
Preus incorporates archival photographs, maps, and other images to tell
this story based on the real-life adventures of Norwegian Erling Storrusten,
whom Preus interviewed in Norway.
What the Critics Say
"Newbery Honor winner Preus infuses the story with the good-natured
humor of a largely unified, peace-loving people trying to keep their
sanity in a world gone awry. Based on a true story, the narrative is
woven with lively enough daily historical detail to inspire older middle-grade
readers to want to learn more about the Resistance movement and imitate
World War II. Preus masterfully weds a story of friendship with the
complications faced by 14-year-old Espen and his friends as Nazi restrictions
and atrocities become part of their everyday lives.... This is at once
a spy thriller, a coming-of-age story, and a chronicle of escalating
bravery. Multidimensional characters fill this gripping tale that keeps
readers riveted to the end." (School Library Journal)
"A closely researched historical novel...relates this wartime tale with
intelligence and humor.... Ms. Preus deftly uses together historical
fact (Espen is based on a real-life spy) and elements of Norwegian culture
to conjure a time and place not so terribly long ago." (The Wall Street
Journal)
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