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Eyes Everywhere Searching for Jewish Children, takes the reader to the precarious time of World War II. On September 8, 1939, as Nazis march toward the streets of Warsaw, Peter's parents race to pack jewels and suitcases, stacking them under his six-year-old sister Minna's baby carriage. A rail trip to Paris takes them to grandparents Bubbe and Grandfather. But in two months, danger becomes real, as the kopgeld, French spies, search to turn in Jews for money. Peter and Minna leave with their mother Chana by train, hoping to meet their father in Spain. Disappointed when their father does not arrive, they journey to Lisbon, Portugal, where Bubbe's old childhood friend, Dona Grace, welcomes them, but the Estado Novo, Secret Police are watching. Suddenly, the thirty-day limit for Jews is enforced. Dona Grace's contact, Danilo, who works on a coaster transporting food and tungsten, accompanies the children to Ireland. The caring Jewish Leib family, with their son and a daughter, will take Peter and Minna into their family. Chana returns to Paris on an order by the Warsaw police. But new dangers await, even in neutral Ireland. Will Saul Knobel escape from Warsaw, Chana from Paris, and Peter and Minna from Ireland?

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Eyes Everywhere: Searching for Jewish Children is the exciting story of freeing Jewish children from Europe during World War II, resonating with suspense and intrigue across two continents. Colleen Clancy Hansen's historical fiction takes the reader to the precarious time of World War II. On September 8, 1939, as Nazis march down the streets in Warsaw, Peter Knobel's parents race to pack jewels and suitcases, stacking them under his six-year-old sister, Minna, in her baby carriage. A rail trip to Paris takes them to grandparents, Bubbe and Grandfather. In two months, the family's danger becomes real, as kopgeld, French spies, cast ther eyes about to turn in Jews for money.

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Colleen Clancy Hansen holds a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education with an English major, a speech/drama minor, and a Master's Degree in the Art of Teaching. She retired after teaching secondary English for twenty-five years at Billings Central, CR Anderson, and Helena High School. Since 2006 she has been a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). Colleen published Destination: Butte, Montana, Ghost Children in Elkhorn, Montana, an ebook, and Stella and the Bubble Man, a picture book. Colleen's newest book is Eyes Everywhere: Searching for Jewish Children, published through Mountain Pine Press.

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