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Y O U N G A D U LT S
Bat-Ami, Miriam. Two Suns in the Sky. New York, NY: Puffin Books, 1999.
Bennett, Cherie, and Gottesfeld, Jeff. Anne Frank and me. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2001.
Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. New York, NY: Dell Publishing, 1989.
Opdyke, Irene Gut. In My Hands. New York, NY: Random House Books, 1999.
Rubin, Susan Goldman. The Anne Frank Case: Simon Wiesenthal’s Search for the Truth. New York, NY: Holiday House, 2009.
Toksvis, Sandi. Hitler’s Canary. New Milford, CT: Roaring Book Press, 2005.
Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1960.
Yolen, Jane. The Devil’s Arithmetic. New York, NY: Puffin Books, 1988.
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CONCENTRATION AND DEATH CAMPS MAP A N D
T H E H O L O C A U S T
O T H E R R E C O M M E N D E D
B O O K S
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
IN 1933 ADOLF HITLER BECAME CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY AND
FORMED THE NAZI PARTY. IN 1935 THE NUREMBERG LAWS WERE PASSED,
ELMINATING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF JEWS IN GERMANY. THE NAZIS BEGAN PLACING JEWISH PEOPLE IN FORCED
WORK AND DEATH CAMPS SOON AFTER AND INVADING NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. WORLD WAR II BEGAN IN 1939. BY THE TIME THE WAR
ENDED IN 1945 NEARLY SIX MILLION JEWS HAD DIED AT THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK CAPTURES THE
RAW AND INTIMATE EMOTIONS OF A JEWISH
GIRL DURING WORLD WAR II AND THE LIFE
HER FAMILY LED WHILE HIDING AWAY FROM
THE NAZIS IN A SECRET ATTIC IN THE
NETHERLANDS.
THE BOOK THIEF IS A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF
ONE GIRL’S EXPERIENCE IN GERMANY
DURING WORLD WAR II. BOOKS BECOME HER
ESCAPE FROM THE ATTROCITIES AROUND
HER AND SHE SHARES THIS PASSION WITH A
JEWISH MAN BEING HIDDEN IN HER FAMILY’S
BASEMENT.
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD JACK ENTERS INTO THE
EVIL WORLD OF HITLER’S CONCENTATION
CAMPS DETERMINED NOT TO HATE HIS
CAPTURES. THIS IS A SHOCKING AND
INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF SURVIVAL DURING
THE DARKEST OF HOURS.
THIS UNIQUELY STUNNING BOOK IS THE
FIRST AUTHORIZED GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY OF
ANNE FRANK. THIS BOOK HAS BEEN
CAREFULLY RESEARCHED FOR HISTORICAL
AUTHENTICITY AND TRACES THE LIVES OF
ANNE’S PARENTS UP TO AND INCLUDING
THEIR CAPTURE BY NAZI AUTHORITIES.
A SURVIVOR STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL
MOVING FROM COUNTRYSIDE TO GHETTO TO
CONVENT TO AVOID CAPTURE BY THE NAZIS.
AFTER FINALLY GETTING CAUGHT, THIS GIRL
INSPIRES READERS WITH HER STRENGTH AND
FOCUS ON SURVIVAL.
Bibliography
Frank, Anne. Anne Frank:The Diary of a Young Girl.
New York, NY: Doubleday, 2003.
Lobel, Anita. No Pretty Pictures. New York, NY:
HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.
Jacobson, Sid, and Colon, Ernie. Anne Frank: The
Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography. New
York, NY: Hill and Wang, 2010.
Warren, Andrea. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi
Death Camps. New York, NY: Harper Trophy, 2001.
Zusak, Marcus. The Book Thief. New York, NY:
Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.