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Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Color photographs, maps, and historical documents trace the events of the Holocaust, from the roots of Jewish persecution in Europe and the rise of National Socialism to the Final Solution and lasting impact of the Holocaust.
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Based on an actual event that occurred during World War II, this heartbreaking narrative poem about history, immortality, and the power of song is accompanied by magnificent full-color paintings by award-winning artist Mark Podwal. It is the evening before the holiday of Purim, and the Nazis have given the ghetto's leaders twenty-four hours to turn over ten Jews to be hung to "avenge" the deaths of the ten sons of Haman, the villain of the Purim...
3) Austerlitz
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
4) The pianist
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
Author
Language
English
Description
Hanna Wechsler's journey began in a small town in Poland and took her to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Auschwitz, Germany, Israel and, eventually, the United States. Her story and that of her family is one of courage and determination. Emerging from the darkest period in recent history, they resolved to create life anew. In her book, "In Spite of it All," Hanna tells the story of their rebirth, hoping that all readers, young and old alike, will see that...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The author, a survivor of the Holocaust, illustrates her experiences through fabric panels that capture her and her sister's childhood as they, disguised as Catholic farmhands, are separated from their family and escape Nazi rule.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Defending the brother of a Holocaust hero against allegations of World War II crimes, fiercely independent attorneys Charlotte Gold and Jack Harrington slowly fall for one another, while their client refuses to help in his own defense and claims that proof of his innocence lies within an intricate clock.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A trustworthy boy who has never told a lie, 11-year-old Nico Krispis, duped by a German officer into leading his family and fellow Jewish residents to their doom, becomes a pathological liar, in a story that explores honesty, devotion and revenge—and the power of love to ultimately redeem us.
Publisher
Big World Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Romanian
Description
The chronicles of a young theatre director's efforts to stage an accurate re-enactment of the Odessa Massacre, in which Romanian soldiers slaughtered tend of thousands of Ukrainian Jews, despite the municipal government's attempt to censor the director's efforts. Her choice angers a city official who threatens to close the production because of its anti-Romanian take on history. However, the reaction to the staged play is something that neither anticipated....
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The author's mother's 1938 autograph book filled with inscriptions from family and friends is the inspiration for a collection of narrative poems about life in Nazi Germany for a Jewish family trying to escape the horrors.
19) White bird
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled for his treatment of Auggie Pullman, Julian is visited by his grandmother and is transformed by the compassionate and heroic story of her attempts to escape Nazi-occupied France during WWII.
20) Three sisters
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey: a story of family, courage, and resilience, inspired by a true story. Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in the most notorious death camp in Nazi Germany: Auschwitz. Livia, Magda, and Cibi have clung together, nearly died from starvation and overwork, and the brutal...
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