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• 28 Days

  a Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto

  Safier, David, 1966-

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  1942: Mira faces impossible decisions after learning that the Warsaw ghetto is to be "liquidated," but a group of young people are planning an uprising against their Nazi captors.

• A Bag of Marbles

  Kris, 1972-

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  Graphic memoir. In 1941, the Joffo brothers must hide their Jewish heritage and undertake a long and dangerous journey from Nazi-occupied Paris to reach their other brothers in the free zone.

• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

  a Fable

  Boyne, John, 1971-

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  While exploring his new environment, Bruno meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.

• Courage to Dream

  Tales of Hope in the Holocaust

  Shusterman, Neal,

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  Woven from Jewish folklore and cultural history, this graphic novel features five interlocking narratives that explore one common story—the tradition of resistance and uplift.

• Flowers in the Gutter

  the True Story of the Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted the Nazis

  Gaddy, Kristina R.,

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  Graphic nonfiction. The true story of the Edelweiss Pirates, working-class teenagers who fought the Nazis by whatever means they could.

• The Girl Who Sang

  a Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

  Nadel, Estelle,

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  Graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi-occupied Poland—and finding hope when facing the unimaginable.

• The Girl Who Wouldn't Die

  Platt, Randall Beth, 1948-

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  1939, Poland. A girl disguises herself as an Aryan boy to survive Nazi occupation, but faces a moral choice when asked to help with a covert rescue mission.

• Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies

  Unsung Women of the Holocaust

  Swartz, Sarah Silberstein, 1947-

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  Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile.

• Impossible Escape

  a True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

  Sheinkin, Steve,

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  Two Jewish teenagers race against time during the Holocaust–one in hiding in Hungary, and the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape.

• The Librarian of Auschwitz

  Iturbe, Antonio, 1967-

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  Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.

• The Light in Hidden Places

  a Novel Based on the True Story of Stefania Pódgorska

  Cameron, Sharon, 1970-

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  For four years, 16-year-old Stefania has been working for the Diamant family in their grocery store in Przemysl. But But everything changes when the German army invades...

• They Went Left

  Hesse, Monica,

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  Zofia, a teenage Holocaust survivor, travels across post-war Europe as she searches for her younger brother and seeks to rebuild her shattered life.

• Rescuing the Children

  the Story of the Kindertransport

  Hodge, Deborah

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  Tells the story of the rescue mission in which nearly 10,000 Jewish children were transported out of Nazi Germany in the nine months before World War II.

• Remember My Story

  a Girl, a Holocaust Survivor, and a Friendship That Made History

  Sarnowski, Claire,

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  The true story of a young girl and a Holocaust survivor whose friendship led to a significant change in their community and beyond.

• Run and Hide

  Brown, Don, 1949-

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  A nonfiction graphic novel that follows the stories of Jewish children, separated from their parents, who escaped the horrors of the Holocaust.

• White Rose

  Wilson, Kip,

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  Recounts the lives of Sophie Scholl and her friends in the White Rose, a group that wrote and distributed anonymous letters criticizing the Nazi regime and calling for action from their fellow German citizens.