Theme: Nazis

Real Time

By Book Importer | Published: March 30, 2010

Sixteen-year-old Tomas Wanninger persuades his mother to let him leave Germany to volunteer at a kibbutz in Israel, where he experiences a violent political attack and finds answers about his own past. Read more about Real Time in WOW Review.

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

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Johanna’s grandfather founded the largest clothing store in town and built up his wealth with his own hands–at least that’s the family legend. But when Johanna travels to Israel for a class project, she finds out that the family of Meta Levin originally owned the store. She learns that her grandfather legally acquired the company [...]

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

Theo

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When the Nazis announce that all orphans in Athens are to be rounded up and sent to Germany, Theo and his older brother Soc travel to a small village where they can hide and join the resistance movement. But upon reaching their destination, Soc is executed for sabotage, leaving Theo to be taken in by [...]

Descriptors: Germany, Greece, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » 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 [...]

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Someone Named Eva

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

On the night Nazi soldiers come to her home in Czechoslovakia, Milada’s grandmother says, “Remember, Milada. Remember who you are. Always.” Milada promises, but she doesn’t understand her grandmother’s words. After all, she is Milada, who lives with her mama and papa, her brother and sister, and her beloved Babichka. Milada, eleven years old, the [...]

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Remember World War Ii: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories (Remember)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

“Mother, they’re here.The Nazis are here!”It was march 15, 1939. The place was Plzen, Czechoslovakia. The life of 15-year-old Jirina Zizkovska, like the lives of millions of people across Europe and around the world, war was about to change — never to be the same. In Remember World War II you will experience the war [...]

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Climbing the Stairs

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A remarkable debut novel set in India that shows one girl’s struggle for independence. During World War II and the last days of British occupation in India, fifteen-year-old Vidya dreams of attending college. But when her forward-thinking father is beaten senseless by the British police, she is forced to live with her grandfather’s large traditional [...]

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, India, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » 3 Comments

Something Remains

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 7, 2007

In 1993, as Hitler becomes Chancellor, twelve-year-old Erich and his family, who are Jewish, find they need to make changes in their everyday lives as hatred of the Jews grows.

Descriptors: Europe, Germany, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

Darkness Be My Friend

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Airlifted out of their own country to the safe haven of New Zealand after an enemy invasion of their homeland, Ellie and her friends return to Australia as guides for soldiers who plan an attack on the airfield. Fourth in the Tomorrow series.

Descriptors: Australia, Oceania, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , » Comments closed