Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
Author:Andrea Warren
ASJA Award, Sibert Honor, Rebecca Caudill Honor
ASJA Award, Sibert Honor, Rebecca Caudill Honor
Publisher: Harper Collins, New York, 2002
Genre: Non-Fiction, Biography
Themes: Holocaust, concentration camp, fear, hopelessness, courage, overcoming, surviving, losing family, loneliness
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Characters: Jack Mandlebaum
Summary:
Jack Mandelbaum is a young boy in Poland when World War II begins. As his story worsens he is taken to a concentration camp without any friends or family. The story follows jack as he goes from good to bad to worse. He experiences all the things we have heard about in history class. Jack Mandelbaum's true account of his story during World War II gives a glimpse into the lives of concentration camp survivors. There is a lighter side. The account tells of how Jack made friends that helped make him laugh and pass the time. This is a story you won't finish untouched.
This story has a real nice take on Non-fiction. The author's writing makes it readable and young teens will want to finish the book to see what happens. It is a little graphic so shouldn't be read to elementary kids. It has great information on the Holocaust and concentration camps while still telling the touching story of a young relateable survivor.
Jack Mandelbaum is a young boy in Poland when World War II begins. As his story worsens he is taken to a concentration camp without any friends or family. The story follows jack as he goes from good to bad to worse. He experiences all the things we have heard about in history class. Jack Mandelbaum's true account of his story during World War II gives a glimpse into the lives of concentration camp survivors. There is a lighter side. The account tells of how Jack made friends that helped make him laugh and pass the time. This is a story you won't finish untouched.
This story has a real nice take on Non-fiction. The author's writing makes it readable and young teens will want to finish the book to see what happens. It is a little graphic so shouldn't be read to elementary kids. It has great information on the Holocaust and concentration camps while still telling the touching story of a young relateable survivor.
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