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I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Call Number: 940.5318 J135i, 1997

ISBN: 9780689810220

Publication Date: 1997-04-01

Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
224 Pages
Ages 14+

The intimate and haunting memoir of a teenager who survived the Nazi death camps Thirteen-year-old Elli Friedmann's life was changed forever when the Nazis invaded her homeland of Hungary. In excruciating and immediate detail, the author describes her descent into the hell of Auschwitz and recounts what it was like to be one of the few teenaged camp inmates. Through a series of tiny but miraculous twists of fate, Elli managed to come out of the camp alive, together with her mother and her brother. Although her story is heartbreaking, Elli's enduring hope, perseverance, strength, and love throughout her ordeal make it an inspiring one as well. Readers will be moved by the intensity of Elli's spirit and will rejoice in her ability to overcome the nightmare that was her daily reality.

Simon & Schuster Website

Sears Subject Headings:

Jackson, Livia Bitton--Juvenile literature.
Jackson, Livia Bitton--Childhood and youth.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Juvenile literature.
Auschwitz (concentration camp).
Jews--Persecutions--Hungary--Personal narratives--Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
Jews--Persecutions--Hungary.
Concentration camps--Poland.
Women--Biography.
Hungary--Ethnic relations--Juvenile literature.

The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly
Call Number: LR PS3611.E452 G65 2023

ISBN: 9780593354902

Publication Date: 2024-04-02

Ballantine Books
511 Pages
Ages X-X

American Josie Anderson and Parisian Arlette LaRue are thrilled to be working in the French resistance, stealing so many Nazi secrets that they become known as the Golden Doves, renowned across France and hunted by the Gestapo. Their courage will cost them everything. When they are finally arrested and taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, along with their loved ones, a reclusive Nazi doctor does unspeakable things to Josie's mother, a celebrated Jewish singer who joined her daughter in Paris when the world seemed bright. And Arlette's son is stolen from her, never to be seen again. A decade later the Doves fall headlong into a dangerous dual mission: Josie is working for U.S. Army Intelligence and accepts an assignment to hunt down the infamous doctor, while a mysterious man tells Arlette he may have found her son. The Golden Doves embark on a quest across Europe and ultimately to French Guiana, discovering a web of terrible secrets, and must put themselves in grave danger to finally secure justice and protect the ones they love. Martha Hall Kelly has garnered acclaim for her stunning combination of empathy and research into the stories of women throughout history and for exploring the terrors of Ravensbrück. With The Golden Doves, she has crafted an unforgettable story about the fates of Nazi fugitives in the wake of World War II--and the unsung female spies who risked it all to bring them to justice.

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

Ravensbruck (Concentration Camp)--Fiction.
Women spies--France--Fiction.
Intelligence officers--United States--Fiction.
Human experimentation in medicine--Germany--Ravensbruck--20th century--Fiction.
Missing children--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Fiction.
Nazis--Fiction.
Fugitives from justice--Fiction.
War criminals--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.

When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler
Call Number: F KESSLE

ISBN: 9781534499652

Publication Date: 2021-05-18

Aladdin
viii, 337 Pages
Ages 12+

Three friends. One memory. Vienna.1936. Three young friends--Leo, Elsa, and Max--spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that they will soon be cruelly ripped apart from one another. With their lives taking them across Europe--to Germany, England, Prague, and Poland--will they ever find their way back to one another? Will they want to? Inspired by a true story, When the World Was Ours is an extraordinary novel that is as powerful as it is heartbreaking and that shows how the bonds of love, family, and friendship allow glimmers of hope to flourish, even in the most hopeless of times.

Sears Subject Headings:

Jews--Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
Call Number: F KILLEE

ISBN: 9780451478733

Publication Date: 2018-03-20

Viking
423 Pages
Ages 14+

Her name is Sarah. She's blonde, blue-eyed, and Jewish in 1939 Germany. And her act of resistance is about to change the world. After her mother is shot at a checkpoint, fifteen-year-old Sarah meets a mysterious man with an ambiguous accent, a suspiciously bare apartment, and a lockbox full of weapons. He's part of the secret resistance against the Third Reich, and he needs Sarah to hide in plain sight at a school for the daughters of top Nazi brass, posing as one of them. If she can befriend the daughter of a key scientist and get invited to her house, she might be able to steal the blueprints to a bomb that could destroy the cities of Western Europe. Nothing could prepare Sarah for her cutthroat schoolmates, and soon she finds herself in a battle for survival unlike any she'd ever imagined. But anyone who underestimates this innocent-seeming girl does so at their peril. She may look sweet, but she's the Nazis' worst nightmare.

Sears Subject Headings:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
1939-1945
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Juvenile fiction.
Jews--Juvenile fiction.
Imposters and imposture--Juvenile fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
Jews--Fiction.
Impersonation--Fiction.
Spies--Fiction.
Imposters and imposture--Fiction.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION--Historical--Holocaust.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION--School & Education--Boarding School & Prep School.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION--Thrillers & Suspense.
Imposters and imposture.
Jews.
Spy stories.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Spy fiction.

The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes
Call Number: LR PS3612.A279 L 53 2023

ISBN: 0063297124

Publication Date: 2023-02-21

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
390 Pages
Ages 13+

A captivating WWII-era novel about the intertwined fates of three women who believe in the power of books to triumph over the very darkest moments of war. Berlin 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation from Joseph Goebbels himself to participate in a culture exchange program in Germany. For a girl from a small town in Maine, 1933 Berlin seems to be sparklingly cosmopolitan, blossoming in the midst of a great change with the charismatic new chancellor at the helm. Then Althea meets a beautiful woman who promises to show her Berlin, and soon she's drawn into a group of resisters who make her question everything she knows about her hosts--and herself. Paris 1936. She may have escaped Berlin for Paris, but Hannah Brecht discovers the City of Light is no refuge from the anti-Semitism and Nazi sympathizers she thought she left behind. Heartbroken and tormented by the role she played in the betrayal that destroyed her family, Hannah throws herself into her work at the German Library of Burned Books. Through the quiet power of books, she believes she can help counter the tide of fascism she sees rising across Europe and atone for her mistakes. But when a dear friend decides actions will speak louder than words, Hannah must decide what stories she is willing to live--or die--for. New York 1944. Since her husband Edward was killed fighting the Nazis, Vivian Childs has been waging her own war: preventing a powerful senator's attempts to censor the Armed Service Editions, portable paperbacks that are shipped by the millions to soldiers overseas. Viv knows just how much they mean to the men through the letters she receives--including the last one she got from Edward. She also knows the only way to win this battle is to counter the senator's propaganda with a story of her own--at the heart of which lies the reclusive and mysterious woman tending the American Library of Nazi-Banned Books in Brooklyn. As Viv unknowingly brings her censorship fight crashing into the secrets of the recent past, the fates of these three women will converge, changing all of them forever. Inspired by the true story of the Council of Books in Wartime--the WWII organization founded by booksellers, publishers, librarians, and authors to use books as "weapons in the war of ideas."

Sears Subject Headings:

Librarians--Fiction
Women authors--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Censorship--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Censorship--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Fiction.
FICTION/ women.
FICTION/ War & Military.
FICTION/ Romance--LGBTQ+.
FICTION/ Friendship.
FICTION/ Historical--20th Century--World War II.
Books and reading
Censorship
Librarians
Widows
Women
Women authors
Librarians--Fiction.
Censorship--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Censorship--Fiction.
Germany--History--1933-1945--Fiction.
Paris (France)--History--Fiction.
United States--History--1933-1945--Fiction.
France--Paris.
Germany.
United States.
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.
Novels.
History.

A Friend Called Anne: One Girl's Story of War, Peace, and a Unique Friendship with Anne Frank by Carol Ann Lee (Retold by); Jacqueline Van Maarsen (Author)
Call Number: B Frank Lee

ISBN: 9780670059584

Publication Date: 2005-04-07

Viking Penguin
163 Pages
Ages 10-16

The story of Jacqueline van Maarsen ("Jopie"), who was Anne Frank's best friend before Anne went into hiding. She remembers her friendship with Anne, her own experiences of the Holocaust, and accepting the fame of Anne's diary.

Sears Subject Headings:

Frank, Anne--1929-1945--Juvenile literature.
Maarsen, Jacqueline van--Juvenile literature.
Jews--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Literature.
Biographies.

The Perfect Horse by Elizabeth Letts
Call Number: F LETTS

ISBN: 9780525644743

Publication Date: 2019-02-12

Delacorte Press
xvii, 253 Pages
Ages 8-12

When American Colonel Hank Reed and his soldiers captures a German spy, they uncover an unexpected secret: Hitler has kidnapped the world's finest purebred horses and hidden them in a secret Czechoslovakian breeding farm. But, starving Russian troops are drawing closer and the horses face the danger of becoming food instead. With little time to spare, the small American troop cross enemy lines to heroically save some of the world's most treasured animals. Elizabeth Letts details the terrifying truth of Hitler's eugenics program during World War II and shares the story of the courageous American troop dedicated to stopping it. Highlighting bravery in the face of incredible odds, this tale will shed light on a little-known piece of our past and speak to history fans and animal lovers of every age.

Sears Subject Headings:

Podhajsky, Alois--Fiction
United States--Army--History--World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Lipizzaner horse--Fiction.
Arabian horse--Fiction.
Horses--Fiction,
Fiction.

The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List by Leon Leyson; Marilyn J. Harran; Elisabeth B. Leyson
Call Number: 940.5318 L685b 2013

ISBN: 9781442497818

Publication Date: 2013-08-27

Atheneum Books for Young Readers
225 Pages
Ages 10-13

This, the only memoir published by a former Schindler's list child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson's life, and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings, by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory--a list that became world renowned: Schindler's list. Told with an abundance of dignity and a remarkable lack of rancor and venom, The Boy on the Wooden Box is a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you've ever read.

Sears Subject Headings:

Schindler, Oskar,--1908-1974.
Leyson, Leon,--1929-2013.
Plaszow (Concentration camp).
World war, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
Jews--Narewka (Poland)--Biography.
Jewish Children in the Holocaust--Krakow (Poland)--Biography.
Holocaust, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
Concentration camp inmates--Plaszow (Poland)--Biography.

No Pretty Pictures: a Child of War by Anita Lobel
Call Number: 940.5318 L783n, 1998

ISBN: 9780688159351

Publication Date: 1998-09-17

Greenwillow Books
xiii, 193 Pages
Ages 10+

The author, known as an illustrator of children's books, describes her experiences as a Polish Jew during World War II and for years in Sweden afterwards.

Sears Subject Headings:

Lobel, Anita--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
Lobel, Anita--Childhood and youth.
Jews--Poland--Krakow--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Krakow--Personal narratives--Juvenile literature.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Juvenile literature.
Jews--Poland--Krakow--Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
Holocaust survivors.
Krakow (Poland)--Ethnic relations--Juvenile literature.

Number the Stars by Lowry Lois
Call Number: F LOWRY

ISBN: 9780440227533

Publication Date: 1998-02-09

Houghton Mifflin Co.
137 Pages
Ages 9+

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life.

Sears Subject Headings:

World War, 1939-1945--Denmark--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Denmark--History--Germany occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction.