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Piri, now 17, resides with a Swedish family while she searches for news of family and friends who also might have survived the Nazi concentration camps. Although the Swedes accept her as their own daughter, she strives to hold on to her own identity and dreams of finding her blood relatives. The novel is dedicated to the many people who assisted the Jews in their efforts to find their families after the war.

Grace in the Wilderness: After the Liberation 1945-1948

Aranka Siegal

Age Level:

YA

Genre:

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Published:

1985

The narrator, 10-year-old Annemarie, and her family defy the Nazis as Danish Jews are gathered for transport to death camps. They help Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and her family escape to Sweden. The horror of World War II is mitigated by the limited view of the narrator, yet the courage of individuals shines through for a breathtaking look at this time in history.

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

Age Level:

Middle Grade

Genre:

Historical Fiction

Published:

1989

A winner of the Caldecott Award for Illustrators, Anita Lobel writes her memoir growing up in Krakow, Poland, during the Holocaust. She was only five when the Nazis invaded, and she is sent to live with their Catholic nanny in the country. Anita and her brother are eventually discovered and deported to a concentration camp where they live until the liberation. Art and books become her saving grace when she finally comes to America as a teenager.

No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War

Anita Lobel

Age Level:

Middle Grade

Genre:

Autobiography and Memoir, Nonfiction

Published:

1998

By Truck to the North: My Arctic Adventure

Andy Turnbull, Debora Pearson

Age Level:

Middle Grade

Genre:

Fiction, Nonfiction

Published:

1998

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