Excellent book for middle school through adult. I don't recall any foul language or sexuality, however it does tell the story of the Holocaust, concentration camps, cruelty of the Nazis, etc. It is engaging and moves quickly. It would be an excellent book to use in conjunction with a history or g...
I loved this book, I say if you are a person who finds the Holocaust interesting, read this book. I would give this book 5 stars, just because of all of the vivid detail inside of the actual description. Yanek, the main character, travels through 12 different concentration camps, and lives to tel...
I really liked the book Prisoner B-3087. It is a book about a young Jewish boy named Yanek Gruener and his large family who lived in Krakow, Poland in the 1940's. During the time they lived, the Nazis were taking over the Jews because they didn't like the Jews by their differences and by how they...
Alan Gratz book, The Brooklyn Nine, is a story told in nine innings about a boy named Felix Schneider who dreams of being the fastest base runner for the New York Knickerbockers baseball team. Felix makes his own baseball, which is passed down through the generations. His legs were hurt badly whe...
“More rum!” he cried. “More rum for me and my distinguished guests!” Samedi’s “distinguished guests” were three pretty young women he’d stolen off the streets. They laughed with him and smiled, but there was fear in their eyes, and they kept stealing glances at the zombi guards at the doors. Same...
Kirk had tried calling her all evening, but she was avoiding him. First, she had stolen the Varkolak sniffer and told him it was to take down a secret society. Then she’d sat there and let Lartal be accused of bombing the medical conference when she knew someone else had done it. Then when ...
Soon the airship cabin was buzzing with them. “The wasps are coming in through the air circulation system!” Archie cried. “Actually, sir, they appear to be Vespa crabro,” Mr. Rivets said, examining one that was trying to sting his brass hand. “Hornets, not wasps.” Fergus leaned back on the medica...