Yossel April 19, 1943

by Joe Kubert

Hardcover, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

T F KUB

Tags

Holocaust - Warsaw Ghetto, historical fiction, courage - ometz lev, AR book - UG, graphic novel, ghettos, Holocaust - Poland, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah

Genres

Collection

Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)

Publication

IBooks (2003), 128 pages

Description

The sketches of Yossel, a fifteen-year-old Jewish boy confined to the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland during World War II, capture the suffering of his family, the hardships and cruelties of the ghetto, the increasingly harsh treatment of the Nazis, and the events of the 1943 uprising.

Barcode

4215

Subjects

Graphic novels
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Warsaw Fiction
Jewish artists Warsaw Comic books, strips, etc
Warsaw (Poland) History Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 Comic books, strips, etc

Awards

Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2008)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2005)

Language

English

User reviews

LibraryThing member bsafarik
Kubert keeps his sketches in this graphic novel very rough. They are right off the sketch pad in order to maintain the emotion of the moment; no color, no refinement. Simply flipping through the pages brings on the emotion of the tragedy, but including the story makes “Yossel” a strong book
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ISBN

074347516X / 9780743475167

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