HARBORING HOPE

An inspirational, nonfiction novel in verse from award-winning author Susan Hood about Henny Sinding who was just 22 years old when she courageously helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish families in occupied Denmark to safety in Sweden during the Holocaust.

Told in verse by award-winning author Susan Hood, this is the moving true story of a brave young woman and the hundreds of Jewish families she smuggled out of Denmark during the Holocaust.

Includes extensive back matter with primary sources, additional information, further reading, and photographs.
Susan Hood has written more than 200 picture books. She has received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and her book Spike, The Mixed-Up Monster won the 2013 International Latino Award and was selected for the Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended List. The Tooth Mouse was named a 2013 Best Book of the Year by Bank Street and the Cooperative Children's Book Center. Prior to becoming an author, Susan was a children's magazine editor at Scholastic and Instructor Magazine, a book editor at Sesame Workshop, and the Children's Content Director of Nick Jr. Magazine.