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• Audience: Older
• List: John Newbery Medal
• Genre: World History

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  Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

  By Susan Campbell Bartoletti

  Readers will be riveted by the chilling history meticulously documented in Bartoletti's book. By weaving the personal stories of 12 young Germans into the larger fabric of Nazism and World War II, Bartoletti elevates understanding of Hitler's strategic plans of manipulation to a new level and offers contemporary youth the opportunity to question the choices they might have made in the same situation.

  • Nonfiction, History, World History
  • John Newbery Medal 2006 (Honor Title), Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2006 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780439353793
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  Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944

  By Aranka Siegal

  The destruction of nine-year-old Piri's family begins with Hungary's oc cu pation by the Nazis. Her mother valiantly tries to keep the family together and safe, but one loss after another occurs until they board trains that will take them to Auschwitz. Siegal's book is a powerful autobiography.

  • Nonfiction, History, World History, Autobiography
  • John Newbery Medal 1982 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780374380595