Thanks to My Mother
By: James Skofield , Schoschana Rabinovici
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Susie Weksler was only eight when Hitler's forces invaded her Lithuanian city of Vilnius. Over the …
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1. Hitler's Forgotten Children: My Life Inside The Lebensborn
By: Ingrid von Oelhafen , Tim Tate
3.95
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
‘More than 70 years ago I was a “gift” for Adolf Hitler. I was stolen as a baby to be part of one o… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
2. Torn Thread
By: Anne Isaacs
4.10
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A searing Holocaust novel based on a true story. Twelve-year-old Eva and her sister have been force… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
- holocaust
3. A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
By: Thomas Buergenthal , Elie Wiesel
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his aston… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
4. Ashes (Seeds of America, #3)
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
4.35
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Freedom for one, freedom for all? That’s the question that burns in Isabel’s mind as she and Cur… read more
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- historical
5. In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
By: Jennifer Armstrong , Irene Gut Opdyke
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
"You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of Jews, a defier of th… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
"In my heart, I was seeing them dead. But on my face, I was an open invitation. If you are only a girl, this is how you destroy your enemies."-Jennifer Armstrong, In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
"In my fantasies, I was always caught up in heroic struggles, and I saw myself saving lives, sacrificing myself for others. I had far loftier ambitions than mere romance."-Jennifer Armstrong, In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
"If we were stopped and questioned, I always smiled at the officers, and they always smiled back. In my heart, I was seeing them dead. But on my face, I was an open invitation. If you are only a girl,…"-Jennifer Armstrong, In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
6. Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caughtis the powerful narrative… read more
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- historical
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
7. Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
By: Allan Zullo
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
Gripping and inspiring, these true stories of bravery, terror, and hope chronicle nine different ch… read more
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- history
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8. After Auschwitz
By: Eva Schloss
3.77
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
Eva was arrested by the Nazis on her fifteenth birthday and sent to Auschwitz. Her survival depende… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
9. Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival
By: Marcel Prins , Peter Henk Steenhuis , Watkinson Laura
3.77
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
Jaap Sitters was only eight years old when his mother cut the yellow stars off his clothes and sent… read more
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- history
- historical
- world war ii
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- holocaust
10. Thanks to My Mother
By: James Skofield , Schoschana Rabinovici
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Susie Weksler was only eight when Hitler's forces invaded her Lithuanian city of Vilnius. Over the … read more
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- history
- biography
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- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
11. Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz
By: Rena Kornreich Gelissen , Heather Dune Macadam
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sent to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport, Rena Kornreich survived the Nazi death camps for o… read more
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12. Yellow Star
By: Jennifer Roy
4.00
Format: 45 pages, Hardcover
The niece of Syvia Perlmutter, one of only twelve child survivors of the Lodz ghetto in Poland, sha… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
- holocaust
13. Then (Once, #2)
By: Morris Gleitzman
3.36
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
In Then- Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland… read more
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- historical
- holocaust
14. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1)
By: Judith Kerr
3.81
Format: 320 pages,
Anna is not sure who Hitler is, but she sees his face on posters all over Berlin. Then one morning,… read more
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- historical
- holocaust
15. Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story
By: Lila Perl , Marion Blumenthal Lazan
3.29
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
The twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan's acclaimed Holocaust memoir features … read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
16. Once (Once, #1)
By: Morris Gleitzman
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
Onceby Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanag… read more
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- historical
- holocaust
17. The Boy Who Dared
By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Newbery Honor Book author has written a powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany… read more
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18. Edith's Story
By: Hester Velmans , Edith Velmans
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
When Hitler invaded Holland in 1939, Edith van Hessen was a popular Dutch high school student. She … read more
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19. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
By: Mildred D. Taylor
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year—the year… read more
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- historical
"Now one day, maybe I can forgive John Andersen for what he done to these trees, but I ain't gonna forget it. I figure forgiving is not letting something nag at you—rotting you out."-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
"It's tough out there, boy, and as long as there are people, there’s gonna be somebody trying to take what you got and trying to drag you down. It's up to you whether you let them or not."-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
"As soon as we were outside, I whipped my hand from his. 'What's the matter with you? You know he was wrong.' Stacey swallowed to flush his anger, then said gruffly, "I know it, and you know it, but h…"-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
"Biting the hand that feeds you, that's what you're doing Mary Logan, biting the hand that feeds you.' Again Mama laughed, 'If that's the case, Daisy, I don't think I need that little bit of food.' Wi…"-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
20. Clara's War
By: Clara Kramer
3.49
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On September 1, 1939, the Nazis invaded Poland. Three years later, in the small town of Zolkiew, li… read more
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21. One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)
By: Rita Williams-Garcia
4.30
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with… read more
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22. The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
By: Gertrude Chandler Warner , L. Kate Deal
4.13
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and … read more
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23. Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
By: Olga Lengyel
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
Olga Lengyel tells, frankly and without compromise, one of the most horrifying stories of all time.… read more
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24. Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
3.96
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirte… read more
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25. The Cage
By: Ruth Minsky Sender
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
As long as there is life, there is hope After Mama is taken away by the Nazis, Riva and her younger… read more
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26. Girl in Blue
By: Ann Rinaldi
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
From acclaimed QUILT TRILOGY author Ann Rinaldi comes another gripping historical adventure. Here, … read more
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27. The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz
By: Sara Leibovits
4.35
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the brakes. It felt like we waited in the… read more
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- world war ii
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- holocaust
28. A Place Called Home
By: David Ambroz
4.64
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
PORCHLIGHT BESTSELLER Zibby Owens 2022 Book of the Year A galvanizing, stirring memoir about gr… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
29. Big Tree
By: Brian Selznick
4.04
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The fate of all life on Earth may depend on the bravery of two little seeds in this epic adventure … read more
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30. The Nazis Knew My Name
By: Magda Hellinger
4.40
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The “thought-provoking…must-read” (Ariana Neumann, author of When Time Stopped ) memoir by a Holoca… read more
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- history
- biography
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- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
31. A Shadow in Moscow
By: Katherine Reay
4.35
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A betrayal at the highest level risks the lives of two courageous female spies: MI6's best Soviet s… read more
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