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The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century

By Neal Bascomb
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Hardcover edition

Publisher Scholastic Imprint Arthur A. Levine Books ISBN

9781338140347

Awards and Honors Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - 2019
Kirkus Best Books, Young Adult - 2018

The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century

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9781338140347J
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Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War

Germany’s Holzminden was a land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, home to the most troublesome Allied prisoners. When a band of pilots pulled off an ingenious plan and escaped in 1918, they inspired their countrymen during World War I’s darkest hours.



List of people mentioned in the book. "The Holzminden Escape List: July 23–24, 1918." Bibliography. Source notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs, maps, and reproductions.
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