Library's review
This book offers an impressive collection of individual stories of Jewish resistance across Nazi- occupied Europe, and a glimpse at the Holocaust through the eyes of those who fought back. Author’s Note, Timeline, Bibliography.
Genres
Publication
Candlewick (2012), 240 pages
Description
"Through twenty-one meticulously researched accounts-- some chronicled in book form for the first time-- Doreen Rappaport illuminates the defiance of tens of thousands of Jews across eleven Nazi-occupied countries during World War II."--Amazon.com.
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Nonfiction — 2012)
Orbis Pictus Award (Recommended Title — 2013)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2015)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2015)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — 2016)
Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (2013)
CCBC Choices (2013)
Notable Children's Book (2013)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2012)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2012
Pages
240
Physical description
240 p.; 10.11 inches
ISBN
0763629766 / 9780763629762
DDC/MDS
| 940.53 |
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