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Available
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Publication
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) (2019), 160 pages
Description
A fictionalized account of the experiences of a Polish Jew, Moishe, who with his parents, brother, and sister, struggles to survive the Nazi invasion and Holocaust.
Awards
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2021)
NCTE Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels (Verse Novels — 2020)
CCBC Choices (2020)
Language
Lexile
550L
User reviews
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
Poems tell the true story of Moishe Moskowitz’s family as the Nazis invaded Poland and rounded up the Jews. While enduring unimaginable loss, tragedy and torture, Moishe held on to any glimmer of hope he could find. Unadorned prose reflects the family’s simple life of love and togetherness;
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later, it serves as a contrast to the horrors, and as a protective response. Show Less
LibraryThing member emwalker97
This book, like most books that highlight the horrors of the holocaust, is chilling and eye opening, but also inspires hope. I would have children read this to learn about history, certainly. But I would also love them to understand that there is always hope for good, as is illustrated in our main
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character, who endured pain beyond what we can imagine. Show Less
ISBN
1250165725 / 9781250165725