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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was pride...
2) Projekt 1065
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending that he agrees with their violence and book-burning is hard enough--but when he is asked to find out more about "Projekt 1065" both his and his parents' lives get a lot more dangerous.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
Before the rise of the Nazi party, Germany, especially Berlin, was one of the most tolerant places for homosexuals in the world. But that all changed when the Nazis came to power. The pink triangle sewn onto prison uniforms became the symbol of the persecution of homosexuals, a persecution that would continue for many years after the war. A mix of historical research, first-person accounts and individual stories brings this time to life for young...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"In 1943, years after the Nazi occupation of Denmark began, word spread of the Gestapo's insidious plan to round up the Jewish population and deport them to concentration camps. Angry at this attack on their friends and fellow Danes, many in Denmark organized and fought back, including a young woman named Henny Sinding. At only twenty-two years old, she and the crew of Gerda III, a lighthouse supply boat, risked everything to smuggle their Jewish...
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Series
I survived volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"In one of the darkest periods in history, one boy struggles to survive... In this gripping new addition to the bestselling I Survived series, a young Jewish boy joins the resistance "partisan" fighters outside the Warsaw ghetto. Does he have what it takes to survive the Nazis--and fight back?"--
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Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
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Description
"The year is 1945 in Austria, where an SS officer and some of his men visit a stable, determined to find the Jewish boy they believe the owner is hiding there. Luckily, just as Jakob-the boy in question-is about to be found, the men are called away...but not before the SS officer shoots and kills Jakob's favorite horse. It's very clear then, to Jakob and his guardian, that they are no longer safe there. Traveling through Nazi territory with that many...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
aIt is June 1941 and after the brutal rule of the Soviets the people of Krystia's small Ukrainian village are inclined to look on the German invaders as liberators; but soon the Nazis start rounding up Jewish Ukrainians, and Krystia is faced with a terrible choice--risk everything by helping her Jewish friends and neighbors to hide, or save herself and her family by doing nothing.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Separated from his parents in Poland during World War II, a young Jewish boy enslaved in a concentration camp, keeps hope alive while playing Schubert on his harmonica whenever the camp's commandant orders him to play.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.
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Language
English
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"It's 1939 in Poland, and Arab knows that standing up for anyone--especially her Jewish family--only paints a target on her back. So she plans to survive the Nazi occupation the way she always has: disguise herself as an Aryan boy, lead her street gang, and sell whatever she can steal. But though Arab starts the war with the one goal of staying alive, others have different ideas for her. When a stranger asks for her help with a covert rescue mission,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One winter in Budapest during the Second World War, an Italian closes his ice cream shop for the season, using the storefront to hide his Jewish friends and neighbors, including a boy named Peter. Based on a true story"--Verso page.
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Series
Balloonmakers volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Ilse and her older brother Wolf must hone their magical skills to sabotage Hitler's attempt to build an atom bomb and uncover a spy using dark magic to thwart them.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life is becoming dangerous for the Jews of Krakow in 1936 with incidents of violence and persecution increasing day by day. Twelve-year-old Anna begs her father to leave Poland, but he is reluctant to give up his position as an acclaimed clarinetist in the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra. After barely escaping from an attack by a group of violent thugs, it becomes clear that the family must leave. Anna's father auditions for the famous Bronislaw Huberman,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"During World War II, families all across Europe huddled together in basements, attics, and closets as Nazi soldiers rounded up anyone Jewish. The Star of David, a symbol of faith and pride, became a tool of hate when the Nazis forced Jewish people to carry papers stamped with that star, so that it was clear who to capture. But many brave souls dared to help them. Jewish teenager Jacqueline Gauthier, a member of the French Resistance who had to conceal...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young boy named Natt finds his world overturned when his family is uprooted and exiled to Siberia during the occupation of the Soviet Ukraine by Nazi Germany. In 1941, life in Natt's small town of Zastavna is comfortable and familiar, even if the grownups are acting strange, and his parents treat him like a baby. Natt knows there's a war on, of course, but he's glad their family didn't emigrate to Canada when they had a chance. His mother didn't...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
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Description
The year is 1939. Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, has invaded Poland. The world is about to enter into the biggest and most terrible war in history. But from the depths of despair rose some very courageous, selfless individuals, such as Douglas Bader, Leonard "Bud" Lomell and Joan Daphne Pearson, who risked their lives for the sakes of others in need, often for no gain and with no recognition. Here are some of their incredible stories…
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Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
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"Discusses the liberation of Europe and the aftermath of the Holocaust, including the displaced persons camps, primary source accounts from Holocaust survivors, and how those survivors started new lives in new countries"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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"Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile. Overlooked by history, they leapt from fear to action with bravery that deserves recognition."-- Provided by publisher.
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