Theme: Holocaust

T4 A Novel

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

It is 1939. Paula Becker, thirteen years old and deaf, lives with her family in a rural German town. As rumors swirl of disabled children quietly disappearing, a priest comes to her family’s door with an offer to shield Paula from an uncertain fate. When the sanctuary he offers is fleeting, Paula needs to call [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poetry » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Stolen Voices: Young People’s War Diaries, from World War I to Iraq

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Zlata Filipovic’s diary of her harrowing war experiences in the Balkans, published in 1993, made her a globally recognized spokesperson for children affected by military conflict. In Stolen Voices, she and co-editor Melanie Challenger have gathered fifteen diaries of young people coping with war, from World War I to the struggle in Iraq that continues [...]

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The Fighter

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Fighting is a way of life for Moshe Wisniak. As a boy from a very poor neighborhood in Warsaw, he can’t run away when Polish kids attack the Jews, because his legs are weak. So he learns to use his fists, his head and other weapons to defend himself and his brothers. When the family [...]

Descriptors: Europe, France, Historical Fiction, Poland, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Night

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Night is a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie’s wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author’s original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects [...]

Descriptors: Albania, Biography, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

The Man from the Other Side

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The true story of a teenager’s experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, as he discovers his own heritage and finds himself caught up in the war through underground dealings.

Descriptors: Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poland » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Escape to the Forest: Based on a True Story of the Holocaust

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When the Nazis invade Poland, nothing is safe anymore. Ten-year-old Sarah and her family must leave their home and live in a Jewish ghetto surrounded by barbed wire. There, life is a nightmare of cold and hunger where Nazi soldiers kill Jews at will. But Sarah still hears stories that give her hope–stories about a [...]

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poland » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Forging Freedom: A True Story of Heroism during the Holocaust

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Jaap Penraat can’t understand the Germans’ hatred of his Jewish neighbors in his hometown of Amsterdam. As the restrictions multiply and the violence escalates, Jaap knows he must take action to help his friends. He begins by using his father’s printing press to forge identification cards and papers for Jewish neighbors and refugees, but as [...]

Descriptors: Biography, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Netherlands » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Good Liar

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The year is 1940 and France has fallen to the German army. In the village of Mont-Saint-Martin, brothers Pierre, René, and Fat Marcel enjoy an idyllic childhood-stealing berry tarts, playing soldiers, and holding contests to determine who of the three is the biggest and best liar. As the small community, especially its Jewish members, begins [...]

Descriptors: France, Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Walk the Dark Streets

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A girl’s escape from Nazi Germany.The city Eva Bentheim once adored is no longer familiar. A swastika is emblazoned on the flag atop the City Hall. Teachers, family, and friends are beginning to disappear. Her father seems gone in a different way; he has become ill, fragile, and despondent as the Nazis gain power. When [...]

Descriptors: Germany, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: America Keeps the Memory Alive

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened in Washington D.C., in April 1993. This book walks the reader through the museum, floor by floor. It interweaves the story of the Holocaust with a description of the museum. The book describes the Nazis’ rise to power, the “final solution”, and the aftermath of the Holocaust (1945 [...]

Descriptors: All Ages, Nonfiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment