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What Does Hate Look Like? Paperback Sameea Jimenez 9781772602906 $21.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 07, 2023

We use the word hate all the time—“I hate vegetables” or “I hated that movie!”—but what about the hate that actually hurts someone? There are words, symbols, ideas, beliefs, and actions that cause pain—to us, our friends, family, neighbours, and school mates. What if you’ve caused that kind of pain yourself? Or what if you, or someone you know, has been the victim of hate so scary it made you want to cry? Real kids from real classrooms share their stories here to help us to see the bias, prejudice, violence, discrimination, and exclusion around... + Read More
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Series: Do You Know My Name? She's a Mensch! Ten Amazing Jewish Women Paperback Anne Dublin 9781772603200 $22.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 23, 2023

From the poorest neighborhoods in Kenya to the halls of the Canadian Supreme Court, the Jewish women found in these pages have accomplished remarkable feats. Some survived the horrors of the Holocaust while others had more peaceful childhoods, but all of them saw unfairness in their world and decided to do something about it. Despite living in hiding throughout the Second World War, Hungarian gymnast Ágnes Keleti went on to win four Olympic gold medals at age thirty-five. South African Ruth First used her privilege as a white woman to battle he... + Read More
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers Hidden on the High Wire Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781772602517 $13.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 27, 2022

Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her family’s circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with her performance on the high wire...until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of Adolf Hitler’s Nazis has put them all in grave danger. When the circus is forced to shut down and Irene’s father is taken away, Irene and her mother must go into hiding with another circus. Every day is a frightening new kind of balancing act, caught between the desire to perform and the need to hide... + Read More
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers Under the Iron Bridge Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781772602050 $15.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 - 14 Oct 12, 2021

It’s 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured to join the Hitler Youth. The last thing he wants to do is march around with a bunch of bullies, supporting the Gestapo and abusing the city’s Jews, but even Paul’s parents think he should go along with his classmates in order to keep himself safe.Just when he’s starting to despair, Paul meets the Edelweiss Pirates, a group of teenage boys and girls who are working to undermine the growing power of the Nazis. When he joins the rebel organization, he finds out just how hair-raising ... + Read More
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All About Anne Hardcover Anne Frank House 9781772600605 $24.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Sep 10, 2018

Anne Frank’s life story is told by answering the most frequently asked questions posed by children and young people visiting the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam. Text, detailed photographs and beautiful illustrations combine to give the fullest picture of Anne’s life, her diary, and the Secret Annex. Full of information about Anne’s life, World War II, and the Holocaust, the book provides both an overview of the history as well as intimate insights into the life of the young Anne Frank.
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers Hana's Suitcase Paperback Karen Levine 9781896764559 $18.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Aug 07, 2002

In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan from the Auschwitz museum in Germany. Fumiko Ishioka, the center's curator, was captivated by the writing on the outside that identified its owner: "Hana Brady, May 16, 1931, Waisenkind (the German word for orphan)." Children visiting the center were full of questions. Who was Hana Brady? Where did she come from? What was she like? What happened to her? Inspired by their curiosity and her own need to know, Fumiko began a year of detective work, scouring... + Read More
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers Hana's Suitcase Anniversary Album Hardcover Karen Levine 9781926920368 $24.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Apr 19, 2012

In the spring of 2000, Fumiko Ishioka, the curator of a small Holocaust education centre for children in Tokyo, received a shipment from the Auschwitz museum. Among the items she received was an empty suitcase with the words “Hana Brady, May 16, 1931, Orphan” written on it. Fumiko and the children at the centre took it upon themselves to find out what became of Hana. The heartbreaking story they uncovered of a brave young girl killed in the Holocaust and survived only by her brother, George, was captured in Karen Levine’s book, and became an ic... + Read More
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers Hana's Suitcase on Stage Paperback Emil Sher 9781897187050 $18.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 18 Feb 27, 2006

In 2000 Fumiko, the curator of a small Holocaust education centre in Japan, received an empty suitcase owned by a young girl, Hana Brady, lost in the Holocaust. Fumiko was determined to find out the details of Hana's story. This edition contains the full script of the play adaptation by Emil Sher.
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers The Brushmaker's Daughter Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781772601381 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 22, 2020

It is 1939 in Berlin, Germany, and twelve-year-old Lillian and her Papa are on the run from Nazi soldiers. Because they are Jewish, they are in danger of being arrested and put in prison. Lillian's father is blind and it seems no one is willing to help them, until they meet Otto Weidt. Mr. Weidt runs a factory that makes brushes for the Nazi army, and his secret is that he employs blind Jewish workers. Lillian soon learns that Otto Weidt is determined to keep her, Papa, and all the Jewish workers safe. But will he be able to? Inspired by a true... + Read More
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers When We Were Shadows Paperback Janet Wees 9781772600612 $14.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Apr 03, 2018

Walter is a young child when his parents decide to leave their home in Germany and start a new life in the Netherlands. As Jews, they know they are not safe under the Nazi regime. Walter is at first too young to appreciate the danger that he is in, and everything seems like a great adventure. But as his family is forced to move again and again, from city to countryside to, eventually, a hidden village deep in the Dutch woods, Walter’s eyes are opened to the threat that surrounds them every day and to the network of people who are risking their ... + Read More
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers Shanghai Escape Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781927583104 $14.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Oct 14, 2013

Lily Toufar and her family arrive in Shanghai in 1938, having fled from Nazi-occupied Vienna and the persecution of Jewish families like theirs. Shanghai is a strange place for a young European girl, but it is one of the few places in the world to offer Jews refuge from the Holocaust. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and under pressure from Hitler, the Japanese government in Shanghai orders Jewish refugees to move into a ghetto in an area of Shanghai called Hongkew. Life changes for Lily and her family when they are forced to the ghetto. With... + Read More
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers The Choice Paperback Kathy Clark 9781927583654 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 15 Mar 10, 2015

Thirteen-year-old Jakob’s family has hidden their true identity as Jews and are living as Catholics in Budapest during WWII. One day, in a burst of loyalty, Jakob decides to reveal that he is Jewish, a choice that puts his whole family in danger. Jakob hopes his best friend Ivan, a Christian whose father is a high-ranking military official, will help his family, but he comes to believe that Ivan has abandoned them. Sent as a prisoner to Auschwitz, Jakob is kept alive by his passion for revenge against Ivan. When Jakob is finally freed, he disco... + Read More
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers To Hope and Back The Journey of the St. Louis Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781897187968 $14.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Sep 01, 2011

The true story of the ship St. Louis, which left Germany in May 1939 full of Jewish passengers seeking refuge in Cuba. Denied port in Cuba, the US, and finally Canada, the St. Louis was forced to return Europe, where many passengers later died in the Holocaust. Through the eyes of two children, Sol and Lisa, both of whom survived the war and shared their experiences, we see as their journey begins with excitement and hope, only to end in frustration and fear. The children's chapters alternate with those of Captain Schroeder, who reveals the ful... + Read More
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Series: Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers The Ship to Nowhere On Board the Exodus Paperback Rona Arato 9781772600186 $18.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Oct 04, 2016

Rachel Fletcher is eleven years old when she, her mother and sister are crammed on board the Exodus, a dilapidated vessel smuggling 4500 Jewish refugees risking their lives to reach Palestine, their biblical homeland. Despite all they had suffered during the Holocaust, Jewish refugees are still not wanted in many countries. Even a Canadian immigration officer famously said at the time “None is too many” when asked how many refugees Canada would take in. Nonetheless, Rachel and the other refugees refuse to give up hope when war ships surround t... + Read More
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers Hiding Edith A True Story Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781897187067 $14.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 May 31, 2006

The remarkable true story of a young girl named Edith and the French village of Moissac that helped her and many other children during the Holocaust. The town's mayor and citizens concealed the presence of hundreds of Jewish children who lived in a safe house, risking their own safety by hiding the children from the Nazis in plain site, saving them from being captured and detained and most certainly saving their lives.
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers The Diary of Laura's Twin Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781897187395 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Apr 30, 2008

For Laura's Bat Mitzvah, her rabbi gives her the journal of Sara Gittler, a Holocaust prisoner who never got to celebrate her coming of age. Laura researchs Sara's life and shares her Bat Mitzvah with her "twin" at the ceremony.
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers The Underground Reporters Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781896764856 $17.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Oct 15, 2004

In a quiet village in Czechoslovakia, laws restricted the freedom of Jewish people during WWII. A small plot of land by the river was allocated to the village’s Jewish youth, and it was here that some brave young people decided to create a newspaper.
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers Guardian Angel House Paperback Kathy Clark 9781897187586 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Apr 01, 2009

Guardian Angel House was a convent operated by the Sisters of Charity in Budapest that sheltered Jewish children during WWII; among them were author Kathy Clark’s mother and aunt.
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers The Righteous Smuggler Paperback Debbie Spring 9781896764979 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 20, 2005

During World War II, Hendrik, the son of a fisherman, notices his Jewish friends being ostracized. When he realizes the danger that Hitler’s policies ultimately mean for his friends and their families, he hatches a plan to smuggle them out of the country by boat.
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers We Are Their Voice Young People Respond to the Holocaust Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781926920771 $16.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Sep 14, 2012

Do young people today find meaning in the Holocaust? That’s the question that prompted a writing project across North America, Italy, and Australia asking young people to share their ideas about this time in history. Some students wrote short stories. Some discussed the impact of books they had read and wrote about the messages that they understood from these books. Several interviewed survivors and recorded their impressions. Many talked about how they have tried to make sense of this history in the world in which they now live. Others created... + Read More
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers The Night Spies Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781896764702 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 May 07, 2003

It is the middle of WWII; Gabi, her mother and her cousin, Max, go into hiding. Unable to stand their cramped hiding space, Gabi and Max go on secret walks and discover information that is useful to the anti-Nazi partisan soldiers camped out nearby.
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers Clara's War Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781896764429 $8.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Apr 03, 2001

Thirteen-year-old Clara and her family have just been imprisoned in Terezin, a ghetto built to show the world how “well” the Nazis were treating Jews during WWII. Clara faces hunger, disease and the possibility of death in a concentration camp.
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Series: The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers The Secret of Gabi's Dresser Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781896764153 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Apr 13, 1999

During WWI, when the Nazis conducted house searches for Jewish children, Gabi successfully hid in the dining-room dresser. The dresser that saved Gabi’s life now sits in author Kathy Kacer’s home in Toronto.
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The Secret of the Village Fool Hardcover Rebecca Upjohn 9781926920757 $18.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 10 Sep 15, 2012

Milek and his brother, Munio, live in a sleepy village in Poland, where nothing exciting seems to happen. They have a kind and gentle neighbour named Anton, but the people of the village laugh at Anton and call him the village fool because he talks to animals and only eats vegetables. When the war brings Nazi soldiers to town, life changes. The Nazis begin rounding up Jewish boys like Milek and Munio. Anton worries about them and comes up with a plan to hide the whole family in his own home, putting his life at risk without a thought. Based on ... + Read More
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The Magician of Auschwitz Hardcover Kathy Kacer 9781927583463 $18.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Sep 05, 2014

Magic can be found in the darkest of places... It is the time of the Second World War, and Werner is a boy alone in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Separated from his family, he doesn’t have a friend in the world. He shares his bunk with a quiet man named Herr Levin, who seems too gentle for this terrible place. One night Werner is woken by the sound of prison guards yelling. But it’s not Werner they want, it’s Herr Levin. “Do your magic!” they order him. Magic? In Auschwitz? Werner never expected to meet a magician in such a sad and frighten... + Read More
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The Brave Princess and Me Hardcover Kathy Kacer 9781772601022 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Sep 10, 2019

In 1943, the Second World War is raging, and the Nazis have taken control of most of Europe - including Athens, where Princess Alice of Greece lives. Princess Alice is kind and accepting of different types of people. Something the Nazis are not. Born deaf, she knows what it is like to be discriminated against. With the arrival of the Nazis, all the Jews living in Greece are in danger, including young Tilde Cohen and her mother. On the run, they must find a safe place to hide. When they arrive, unannounced, on Princess Alice's doorstep and beg h... + Read More
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The Promise Hardcover Pnina Bat Zvi 9781772600582 $18.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Apr 10, 2018

The night that Rachel and Toby’s parents are taken away by the Nazis, they give their young daughters three gold coins with the instructions to “use these wisely to help save your lives.” They also ask the girls to promise that they will always stay together. This compelling true story follows the sisters as they confront the daily horrors of Auschwitz, protecting one another, sharing memories, fears, and even laughter—always together. But when Rachel becomes ill and is taken away by Nazi guards, likely forever, Toby risks her own life and uses... + Read More
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Fania's Heart Hardcover Anne Renaud 9781772600575 $18.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Mar 13, 2018

Ten-year-old Sorale discovers a tiny heart-shaped book among her mother’s belongings. Its pages are shaped like four-petaled flowers, upon which are written words in languages Sorale does not understand. Who wrote these words? Where did the heart come from? And why has her mother never mentioned this tiny book before? Fania’s Heart reveals the true story of the crafting of this heart-shaped birthday card, against all odds, within the confines of Auschwitz, and of the women of immeasurable resilience, courage, and loyalty who risked their live... + Read More
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Names in a Jar Paperback Jennifer Gold 9781772602074 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Sep 14, 2021

Twelve-year-old Anna Krawitz is imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto with her older sister, Lina, and their father. Happy days spent reading about anatomy and science in Papa’s bookshop are long gone, and the knowledge they have is used to help their neighbors through the illnesses caused by starvation and war. With no hope in sight and supplies dwindling, Anna finds herself taking care of an orphaned baby. With a courage she didn’t know she had, Anna and the baby leave behind all they know and go into hiding with a Catholic family, changing their n... + Read More
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Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies Unsung Women of the Holocaust Paperback Sarah Silberstein Swartz 9781772602623 $19.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Oct 18, 2022

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. With compassion and admiration, author Sarah Silberstein Swartz paints portraits of women who stood up for themselves and others in dangerous times. Overlooked by history, they leapt from fear to action with bravery that deserves recognition.
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Branded by the Pink Triangle Paperback Ken Setterington 9781926920962 $18.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 - 21 Apr 22, 2013

A history of the persecution of gay men by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. When the Nazis came to power in Europe, the lives of homosexuals came to be ruled by fear as raids, arrests, prison sentences and expulsions became the daily reality. When the concentration camps were built, homosexuals were imprisoned along with Jews. The pink triangle, sewn onto prison uniforms, became the symbol of their persecution. This book combines historical research with first-person accounts and individual stories to bring this time to life for readers. F... + Read More
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Hidden Gold A True Story of the Holocaust Paperback Ella Burakowski 9781927583746 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 14 - 18 Oct 06, 2015

The Gold family lived an idyllic life in pre-war Poland, each doing their part to run the family grocery store and tobacco concession. The oldest daughter, Shoshana, had many friends, her sister Esther was meticulous as she worked at the family store, and young David was doted on by them all. But that life is shattered in 1939 when Germany invades Poland and Jewish people are forced into the streets; their homes, schools, and businesses burned. We follow the Gold family’s journey as they are forced into hiding. Just hours before the Nazis com... + Read More
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To Look a Nazi in the Eye A teen's account of a war criminal trial Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781772600407 $13.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 15 - 19 Sep 12, 2017

The true story of nineteen-year-old Jordana Lebowitz’s time at the trial of Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", a man charged with being complicit in the deaths of more than 300,000 Jews. A granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Jordana was still not prepared for what she would see and hear. Listening to Groening’s testimony and to the Holocaust survivors who came to testify against him, Jordana felt the weight of being witness to history – a history that we need to remember now more than ever.
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Witness Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory to New Generations 2nd edition Hardcover Eli Rubenstein 9781772601497 $32.95 HISTORY Jun 12, 2020

This updated edition of Witness, which includes a new Afterword with an address by Steven Spielberg, commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of Europe from the Nazis. For over 25 years, the March of the Living has organized visits for adults and students from all over the world to Poland, where millions of Jews were enslaved and murdered by Nazi Germany. The organization's goal is not only to remember and bear witness to the terrible events of the past, but also to look forward. Witness is a compilation o... + Read More
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A Partisan's Memoir Woman of the Holocaust Paperback Faye Schulman 9780929005768 $19.95 HISTORY Oct 26, 1995

Faye tells her unforgettable story of heroism, hardship, and resistance. Faye was an ordinary teenager when the Nazis invaded her town on the Russian-Polish border. She had a large, loving family, good friends and neighbours, most of whom were lost soon after the horrors of the Holocaust began. But Faye survived, and the photographs she took testify to her experiences and the persecution she witnessed. Decorated for heroism, Schulman uses her biography to tell an extraordinary story not just of survival, but of struggle and resistance against o... + Read More
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Restitution A family's fight for their heritage lost in the Holocaust Paperback Kathy Kacer 9781897187753 $19.95 HISTORY Apr 01, 2010

The story of the Reesers, a Jewish family who emigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia on the eve of WWII. They fled the Nazis and left behind four valuable oil paintings. It would take years for Mari Reeser, and then her son Karl, to retrieve them.