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Kids read about the realities of the war as it was experienced by ordinary citizens and soldiers, regardless of which side they were fighting for food rations that left everyone hungry, bombings that caused whole cities to live in a constant state of uncertainty, and the Holocaust. Another result of World War II? The dropping of the atomic bomb, which annihilated between 130,000 and 226,000 people and showed the world what humans are capable of when faced with a desperate situation.

A gripping nonfiction graphic novel that follows the stories of Jewish children, separated from their parents, who escaped the horrors of the Holocaust. From the Sibert Honor and YALSA Award–winning creator behind The Unwanted, Drowned City, and others.  In the tightening grip of Hitler’s power, towns, cities, and ghettoes were emptied of Jews. Unless they could escape, Jewish children would not be spared their deadly fate in the Holocaust, a tragedy of unfathomable depth. Only 11% of the Jewis...

Told from dual perspectives, this remarkable true story for YA readers recounts the tale of two individuals—a Ukrainian teen in the early 2010s and a Jewish boy in hiding during WWII—whose lives are entwined through a box of letters. Nataliia, a teenager in Ukraine, is at home when she makes a puzzling discovery: a box of letters written from a Jewish boy, Eliezer, about his experience during the Holocaust. At first, Nataliia doesn't understand why her family possesses Eliezer's letters. But as...

The liberation of the Nazi labor camp where she has been imprisoned doesn't mean the end of hardship and suffering for Riva, as she begins the arduous and often heartbreaking task of searching for family members who may have survived the Holocaust, and makes the leap of faith to start a new life.Picking up where her acclaimed memoir The Cage leaves off, Ruth Minsky Sender has written another unforgettable document of the power of hope and love over unspeakable cruelty.

When Grownups Play at War is the unique, compelling memoir of a young Polish Jewish girl during the Second World War. In an authentic voice based on first-hand experience, Gruda gives us a rare perspective on the life of a family fleeing from Poland to Uzebekistan. Her account lays bare the trials of coming of age amidst the constant upheavals of her wartime years. Gruda conveys a sense of immediacy and humanity to her description of the daily realities of the wartime experiences of so many Jewi...

“A poignant overview of life inside the ghetto.” — School Library Journal (starred review) Between 1941 and 1945, the small town of Terezín, Czechoslovakia, was a transit camp for thousands of Jewish people. It was a Nazi “show” camp, where inmates were forced to use their artistic talents to fool the world about the truth of gas chambers and horrific living conditions for imprisoned Jews. Here is their story, told through the firsthand accounts and artwork of those who were there. Back matter...

This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers tells the true story of nineteen-year-old Jordana Lebowitz's time in Germany, where she went to witness the trial of Oskar Groening, known as the bookkeeper of Auschwitz, a man charged with being complicit in the death of more than 300,000 Jews.

A sure to be classic in Holocaust literature from an underrepresented voice. Squirrel is Alive: A Teenager in the Belgian Resistance & French Underground is the incredible story of Mary Rostad’s early life. Rostad was 16 years old when the Nazis conquered her home city of Brussels in 1940. She joined the resistance movement, serving in Belgium and later France, primarily as a courier of underground documents. At the end of World War II, Rostad met U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Allen Rostad.

The testimonies of six survivors of the Holocaust are presented in comics form, aimed at teenage readers. Some of them were children then, and are still alive to tell what happened to them and their families. How they survived. What they lost--and how you keep on living, despite it all. Jessica Bab Bonde has, based on survivor's stories, written an important book. Peter Bergting's art makes the book accessible, despite its difficult subject. Using first-person point of view allows the storie...

Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust.