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WOW Recommends: When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers

book jacket shows a scrapbook-style drawing of a girl facing parallel to a street with words on the horizonWhen I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers by Ken Krimstein is a collection of “lost autobiographies” that breaks with many norms readers might expect from autobiographical works. And I predict YA literature readers will be fascinated by the power of these young people’s words and experiences and the “author’s” visual interpretation of their memoirs. Continue reading