http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/tags/Rosh+Hashanah/Denmark/default.aspxTags: Rosh Hashanah, DenmarkenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/2008/11/21/honey-cake.aspxFri, 21 Nov 2008 21:39:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:912mrsweasley@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=912http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/2008/11/21/honey-cake.aspx#comments<p><img style="float:right;margin:10px;" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780375851896" alt="" width="100" height="150" />Every year, David&#39;s mother bakes a honey cake for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year celebration. Eating honey cake symbolizes the hope that the new year will be sweet. David&#39;s sister Rachel expresses the opinion of all Denmark in 1943: &quot;A sweet year would be a year without Nazis.&quot;</p> <p>For three and a half years, the Germans have occupied Denmark, and now word comes that the Nazis plan to round up Denmark&#39;s Jews. &nbsp;Even with the help of friends, can David&#39;s family find a way to leave the country before they are sent to a concentration camp? Secret messages, breathless escapes and courageous resistance will keep you turning the pages of this history-based story. Author Joan Betty Stuchner includes Mama&#39;s Honey Cake recipe to help you taste the sweetness of hope for freedom that David&#39;s family shared.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=912" width="1" height="1">fictionreviewshistorywartime escapeNazisWorld War IIGermanyJewsDenmarkcakeJoan Betty StuchnerRosh Hashanahauthors and illustrators