I liked that this one centered around historical events, but it wasn't my favorite. I thought the main character was too whiney and self-absorbed. Also, this seemed like it was written for a much younger audience than it was advertised to. This seemed like a middle grade book to me whereas everyo...
Summary: Karl Stern is a lanky student, son of an accomplished art dealer, talented cartoonist, and technically Jewish, though he's never been inside a synagogue. The Nazi youth in his school don't seem to care about the latter part of that distinction, however, as Hitler rises to power in pre-W...
"The Berlin Boxing Club," by Robert Sharenow is a great book for people interested in boxing, and the hardships Jews faced in Germany. Karl Stern, the protagonist, is a normal German boy. He's never been to a synagogue and he looks just like a pure Aryan, however that's not what the kids at sch...
Acts of courage come in all shapes and sizes.In the tumultuous New Orleans of 1960, thirteen-year-old Louise Collins finds her world turned upside down when a stranger from the North arrives at her mother's boarding-house. Louise's mother spends her mornings at the local elementary school with a ...
Dozens of men crowded around the bar, holding mugs of beer or gathered around the piano that was against the back wall. There were just a few women in the room, and most of them wore low-cut dresses and had their hair hanging loose. Sarah pressed herself into a shadowy corner, hoping to wait out ...