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Suggested Reading List for Germany
Please note: Students and parents should use discretion in determining the
appropriateness of each book for the student’s age, reading level, and
maturity. Books are designated G (grade school), J (junior high), or H (high
school).
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TITLE & LINK
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DESCRIPTION
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GRADE
LEVEL
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FICTION OR
NONFICTION
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| Flapjack Waltzes, by Nancy Wilson |
Two
years after Natalie's brother was killed in a car accident, she still can't face her best
friend, whose brother survived. Natalie befriends an elderly woman who's a Holocaust
survivor, and hearing Dr. Ehlich's memories makes Natalie finally start facing her own. |
J |
F |
| Frost in the Night, by Edith Baer |
It
is Germany in 1932, and Hitler is rising to power. This critical place and time in modern
history is poignantly re-created through the observations of a young Jewish girl named
Eva, who is caught up in the sense of dread shared by the adults around her. |
J/H |
F |
| Hidden Music: The Life of Fanny Mendlessohn, by
Gloria Kamen |
Although
as gifted a musician as her brother, Felix, Fanny Mendelssohn's enormous talent went
largely unnoticed. It was not considered proper for a well-to-do young lady to become a
professional musician, and although she encountered much resistance, Fanny managed to
produce 400 or more scores - many of which have yet to be published. |
J |
F |
| The Cage, by Ruth Sender |
From
the German invasion of Poland in 1939 to the liberation of her concentration camp in 1945,
the author chronicles an adolescence shaped by the horrors of the Holocaust but
strengthened by the force of her own will. |
J/H |
F |
| Walk the Dark Street, by Edith Baer |
The
city Eva Bentheim once adored is no longer familiar. A swastika is emblazoned on the flag
atop the City Hall. Teachers, family, and friends are beginning to disappear. Her father
seems gone in a different way; he has become ill, fragile, and despondent as the Nazis
gain power. When things get worse, Eva's mother desperately tries to obtain the proper
papers for her family to leave the country. It soon becomes clear that their struggles
have just begun. |
J/H |
F |
| Ten Thousand Children: True stories told by children
who escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport, by Anne L. Fox |
Each chapter
begins with the big picture - life under Hitler, Kristallnacht, preparing to leave, the
journey, life in England through the war years and afterward - and then includes brief
vignettes by Kinder who remember how it was for them; finally, a brief note summarizes
what happened to each child afterward. |
J/H |
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