Used book – *Red Embers*, Rolande Causse, Norbert Boussot

Is this war? In 1944, the bombings became too dangerous. Fleeing Paris, Dounia and her grandmother took refuge with their family in Saint-Léon, a peaceful little village in Burgundy. Very strange things happen there: the radio broadcasts incomprehensible messages, and Uncle Georges goes to fetch weapons in the middle of the night. Separated from her parents, Dounia becomes attached to her uncle and becomes the messenger for the local resistance network. She has to go on missions by bicycle, and above all, keep it a secret. One day, German soldiers invade the village and the men are arrested. Dounia and her grandmother must flee again...