Of all the books about the holocaust that I’ve read, I’m not sure if I’d actually recommend I Am a Star, Child of the Holocaust by Inge Auerbacher. Which to my knowledge might be the first time I’ve not raved about a book dealing with the Holocaust. I don’t want to discount Auerbacher’s story. No, [...]
Passage to Freedom, The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki and illustrated by Dom Lee is not only a wonderful book but it’s based on a wonderful true story that I’m going to say is safe to believe that many people don’t know. As we learn from the author interview that I conducted with Ken Mochizuki [...]
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay is one of those books that just makes you shudder, it is so heartbreaking. In this fictionalized account, on July 16, 1942, the French police arrest more than 13,000 Jewish men, women and children in the middle of the night. Thinking that because they were in the hands of [...]
T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte is a free verse novel for about the age nine to twelve reading level that takes us inside the Holocaust but from a different perspective that we don’t see very often. That of life for a deaf child.
Although life is silent for Paula Becker she’s happy in her home with [...]
Katarina by Kathryn Winter is a Young Adult fiction book that follows the story of a ten year old Jewish girl during World War II. Orphaned, Katarina lives a happy life with her Aunt Lena and Uncle Teo despite the fact that she has red hair and freckles. Katarina is a non-practicing Jew and in [...]
