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Book Title: Race Against Death: the Greatest Pow Rescue of World War II (Scholastic Focus)
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated
Item Height: 1.3 in
Topic: History / Military & Wars, History / Holocaust, World, History / Asia
Publication Year: 2023
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction, History
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
