The Escape

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Sixteen year old John and his ten year old sister Manette, refuse to give up the faith they have been taught. Download The Escape Author A. Van Der Jagt – kino-fada.fr I read this book in an afternoon It begins with a Huguenot family being required to return to the Roman Catholic church On their refusal, the father is sentenced to the galleys for life Shortly thereafter, the young daughter is taken from her mother, supposedly to be educated in a Catholic home The mother dies within two years of this, and the story revolves around the son, John He is 16 years of age, and his negligence of the Mass is about to have him sent to a monastery for re...The author of this book is a member of my church He is from Holland originally and suffered greatly during World War 2 The story is interesting but the English is a bit awkward I don t know the history of the book but I suspect that it was written in Dutch ...My kids, ages 11 7 loved this book, and learned some new old vocabulary, since this is a historical fictional book Now they know what Huguenots were, and they understandabout persecution plus geography...A book found in the library at the mission house in Togo One that is geared towards young teenagers Interesting, though.

The Escape
  • English
  • 13 September 2017
  • Unknown Binding
  • 182 pages
  • 0921100043
  • A. Van Der Jagt
  • The Escape