HOW TO GET THE BOOK:

Hardcover Greenwillow Edition / Call HarperCollins: 1-800-242-7737
ISBN: 0-688-14294-X
Retail Price: $16.99
For a minimum number of copies ordered, can be purchased at a 40% discount with free shipping.
Sells readily to adults. Can be used as a “mini fund raiser.”
Paperback HarperCollins / Call HarperCollins: 1-800-242-7737
ISBN 978-0-06-248996-8
Retail Price: $6.99
For a minimum number of copies ordered, can be purchased at a 45% discount with free shipping.
Scholastic Book Edition
(available only for schools) / Call Scholastic: 1-800-724-6527 (Option 3)
ISBN: 0-590-38196
Retail Price: $5.95
For an Author’s Visit, can be purchased for approximately $3.50 per copy.
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ABOUT THE BOOK:

AWARDS

Notable Children’s Book in the Field of Social Studies, CSS/CBC

ALA Notable Book

ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

An IRA Young Adults’ Choice

Sydney Taylor Award Committee/Association of Jewish Librarians

Professional Reviews


"Perl weaves the history of the Holocaust with a survivor's personal memories of what happened to her family. The writing is direct, devastating, with no rhetoric or exploitation. The truth is in what's said and in what's left out... The personal facts bring it home." - ALA Booklist (Starred Review)
"This gripping memoir is written in spare, powerful prose that vividly depicts the endless degradation and humiliation suffered by the Holocaust's innocent victims, as well as the unending horror of life in the camps. It's also an ennobling account of the triumph of the human spirit, as seen through a child's eyes." - KIRKUS REVIEWS
"A harrowing and often moving account." - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
"Amid a growing number of memoirs about the Holocaust, this book warrants attention both for the uncommon experiences it records and for the fullness of the record." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Perl collaborates with the three surviving members of the Blumenthal family to tell their moving story. In 1939, four-year old Marion was interned with her family at the Westerbork camp in Holland; five years later they were imprisoned in the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Illustrated with black and white photographs, the narrative is interspersed with facts about the rise of Hitler and the progress of the war. Bib." - HORN BOOK
"Lazan's recollections, along with occasional quotes from her mother, are intertwined with Perl's background narrative to make a smooth factual flow. Especially telling are details such as the silence Marion maintains when a secret pot of boiling soup, which she and her mother rush to hide during a surprise inspection of their barracks, scalds her leg. There's no hint of over- dramatization here; the tone is, if anything, understated in a story carried by the momentum of history itself. Two inserts of the family and historical photos intensify the poignancy of the account."