This book is collection
of true stories of 14 people who hid like Anne Frank did during World War 2.
Content Notes:
The stories are
children friendly in talking about hiding during the Holocaust.
Teacher Notes:
I found
this book to be a little hard to read.
If students like The Diary of Anne
Frank or if they like to learn more about the Holocaust, they would enjoy
this book. As a teacher, this book would
be good to use as a whole class read aloud since each story is a self-contained
story. A similar book that I enjoyed
more would be Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
by Allan Zullo & Mara Bovsun.
Prisoner B-3087 chronicles the true story of Yanek Gruener as he navigates his
way through 10 different concentration camps during World War 2. The story begins right before the Nazi’s
invade Poland and follows Yanek, 12, through life in the Jewish Ghetto and then
his capture and imprisonment in concentration camps across Europe.
Content Notes:
This memoir depicts
life and death in concentration camps during World War 2. For this reason, the book would be rated
PG-13 if made into a movie.
Teacher Notes:
This
book is appropriate for all middle school students.
Similar Books:
The Nazi Hunters: How a
Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal
Bascomb
Survivors: True Stories of Children from the Holocaust by Allen Zullo
Yellow Star by Jennifer
Roy
