Y O U N G A D U LT S

Bat-Ami, Miriam. Two Suns in the Sky. New York, NY: Puffin Books, 1999.

Bennett, Cherie, and Gottesfeld, Jeff. Anne Frank and me. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2001.

Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. New York, NY: Dell Publishing, 1989.

Opdyke, Irene Gut. In My Hands. New York, NY: Random House Books, 1999.

Rubin, Susan Goldman. The Anne Frank Case: Simon Wiesenthal’s Search for the Truth. New York, NY: Holiday House, 2009.

Toksvis, Sandi. Hitler’s Canary. New Milford, CT: Roaring Book Press, 2005.

Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1960.

Yolen, Jane. The Devil’s Arithmetic. New York, NY: Puffin Books, 1988.

L E A H G I A R R I T A N OLiterature and Resources for Young Adults

LIS404LEAMARCH 5, 2011

Book Tak Handout

CONCENTRATION AND DEATH CAMPS MAP A N D

T H E H O L O C A U S T

O T H E R R E C O M M E N D E D

B O O K S

HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST

IN 1933 ADOLF HITLER BECAME CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY AND

FORMED THE NAZI PARTY. IN 1935 THE NUREMBERG LAWS WERE PASSED,

ELMINATING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF JEWS IN GERMANY. THE NAZIS BEGAN PLACING JEWISH PEOPLE IN FORCED

WORK AND DEATH CAMPS SOON AFTER AND INVADING NEIGHBORING

COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. WORLD WAR II BEGAN IN 1939. BY THE TIME THE WAR

ENDED IN 1945 NEARLY SIX MILLION JEWS HAD DIED AT THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS.

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK CAPTURES THE

RAW AND INTIMATE EMOTIONS OF A JEWISH

GIRL DURING WORLD WAR II AND THE LIFE

HER FAMILY LED WHILE HIDING AWAY FROM

THE NAZIS IN A SECRET ATTIC IN THE

NETHERLANDS.

THE BOOK THIEF IS A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF

ONE GIRL’S EXPERIENCE IN GERMANY

DURING WORLD WAR II. BOOKS BECOME HER

ESCAPE FROM THE ATTROCITIES AROUND

HER AND SHE SHARES THIS PASSION WITH A

JEWISH MAN BEING HIDDEN IN HER FAMILY’S

BASEMENT.

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD JACK ENTERS INTO THE

EVIL WORLD OF HITLER’S CONCENTATION

CAMPS DETERMINED NOT TO HATE HIS

CAPTURES. THIS IS A SHOCKING AND

INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF SURVIVAL DURING

THE DARKEST OF HOURS.

THIS UNIQUELY STUNNING BOOK IS THE

FIRST AUTHORIZED GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY OF

ANNE FRANK. THIS BOOK HAS BEEN

CAREFULLY RESEARCHED FOR HISTORICAL

AUTHENTICITY AND TRACES THE LIVES OF

ANNE’S PARENTS UP TO AND INCLUDING

THEIR CAPTURE BY NAZI AUTHORITIES.

A SURVIVOR STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL

MOVING FROM COUNTRYSIDE TO GHETTO TO

CONVENT TO AVOID CAPTURE BY THE NAZIS.

AFTER FINALLY GETTING CAUGHT, THIS GIRL

INSPIRES READERS WITH HER STRENGTH AND

FOCUS ON SURVIVAL.

Bibliography

Frank, Anne. Anne Frank:The Diary of a Young Girl.

New York, NY: Doubleday, 2003.

Lobel, Anita. No Pretty Pictures. New York, NY:

HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.

Jacobson, Sid, and Colon, Ernie. Anne Frank: The

Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography. New

York, NY: Hill and Wang, 2010.

Warren, Andrea. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi

Death Camps. New York, NY: Harper Trophy, 2001.

Zusak, Marcus. The Book Thief. New York, NY:

Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.