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The Holocaust (1939-1945)
Marika
by Andrea Cheng
JF CHENG, A.
| Although she has been raised Catholic, Marika learns how dangerous it is to be of Jewish heritage and living in Hungary during World War II. |
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping : The Diary of Julie Weiss
by Barry Denenberg
JF DENENBERG, B.
| During the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Austria, twelve-year-old Julie escapes to America to live with her relatives in New York City. |
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
JF LOWRY, L.
| In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. |
Run, Boy, Run : A Novel
by Uri Orlev
JF ORLEV, U.
| This is based on the true story of a nine-year-old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throughout the war in the Nazi-occupied Polish countryside. |
The Island on Bird Street
by Uri Orlev
JF ORLEV, U.
| During World War II, a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly life-threatening conditions. |
A Traitor Among Us
by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
JF VAN STEENWYK, E.
| In occupied Holland in 1944, thirteen-year-old Pieter becomes increasingly involved in the work of the Dutch Resistance even though he knows the risk of being discovered by the Nazi informer who lives in his village. |
Anna is Still Here
by Ida Vos
JF VOS, I.
| Thirteen-year-old Anna, who was a "hidden child" in Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II, gradually learns to deal with the realities of being a survivor. |
Hide and Seek
by Ida Vos
JF VOS, I.
| A young Jewish girl living in Holland tells of her experiences during the Nazi occupation, her years in hiding, and the aftershock when the war finally ends. |
Behind the Bedroom Wall
by Laura E. Williams
JF WILLIAMS, L.
| Thirteen-year-old Korinna must decide whether to report her parents to her Hitler youth group when she discovers that they are hiding Jews in a secret space behind Korinna's bedroom wall. |
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