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    By Chance Alone: The Young Readers’ Edition

    Max Eisen, Kathy Kacer

    The moving, award-winning Canada Reads book from Holocaust survivor Max Eisen, now adapted for young readers

    Tibor "Max" Eisen was born in Czechoslovakia into an Orthodox Jewish family. He lived…

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    Two Pieces of Chocolate

    Kathy Kacer

    In 1945, Francine and her maman are sent to the Bergen-Belsen Nazi prison camp. Life is gray and hopeless, but Maman has two secret pieces of chocolate that give them…

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    The Magician of Auschwitz

    Kathy Kacer

    Werner is a boy alone in the Auschwitz concentration camp and sharing his bunk with a gentle man Herr Levin. One night Werner is wakened by the sound of prison…

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    Hidden on the High Wire

    Kathy Kacer

    From celebrated author Kathy Kacer comes the story of Irene, a young Jewish girl raised at the circus in Nazi Germany, who must perform the balancing act of her life…

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    To Hope & Back: The Journey of the St Louis

    Kathy Kacer

    The story of Lisa and Sol is set against the true history of the St. Louis, a ship of Jewish refugees desperate to escape Nazi-controlled Germany that was turned away…

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    Louder Than Words

    Kathy Kacer

    Twelve-year-old Dina, her mother, and two sisters must contend with the invasion of the Nazis of their small Ukrainian town during World War II. With the help of a new…

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    Louder Than Words

    Kathy Kacer

    Twelve-year-old Dina, her mother, and two sisters must contend with the invasion of the Nazis of their small Ukrainian town during World War II. With the help of a new…

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    Masters of Silence

    Kathy Kacer

    Silence can be powerful.

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    Call Across the Sea

    Kathy Kacer

    Books available for Holocaust Remembrance Day (April 8) Final novel in the Heroes Quartet series of children’s historical fiction, which chronicle survival during the Holocaust from a children’s perspective. Other…

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    Call Across the Sea

    Kathy Kacer

    Age range 9 to 12

    History is made one brave act at a time.

    Henny has grown up with her father’s boat, the Gerda III, as a home away from…

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    The Sound of Freedom

    Kathy Kacer

    A poignant story based on real events in pre-war Poland and Palestine. After saving 700 Jews and their families from the Holocaust in Europe, world-renowned violinist Bronislaw Huberman went on…

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    Restitution

    Kathy Kacer

    The Reesers know that they must flee Czechoslovakia, but first they deliver their valuable oil paintings into the hands of a Christian colleague for safekeeping. Led by their intrepid matriarch…

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    The Night Spies

    Kathy Kacer

    It is the middle of World War II, and, with the help of trusted friends, Gabi, her mother and her cousin Max go into hiding in a tiny mountain village…

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    The Magician of Auschwitz

    Kathy Kacer

    This is the true story of a young boy on the inside of Auschwitz, whose life is changed by the actions of a prisoner who performs magic for the guards……

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    The Sound of Freedom

    Kathy Kacer

    A poignant story based on real events in pre-war Poland and Palestine. After saving 700 Jews and their families from the Holocaust in Europe, world-renowned violinist Bronislaw Huberman went on…

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    Masters of Silence

    Kathy Kacer

    Silence can be powerful.

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    Shanghai Escape

    Kathy Kacer

    Shanghai, China is a strange place for a young Jewish girl from Vienna, but that is where Lily Toufar finds herself in 1938. She and her family are looking for…

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    Stones on a Grave

    Kathy Kacer

    In this YA novel, Sara arrives in Germany determined to explore her newly discovered Jewish heritage and solve the mystery of her parentage.

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    The Diary of Laura’s Twin

    Kathy Kacer

    A mysterious diary links modern-day Laura to Sara, a Jewish girl fighting to stay alive in the Warsaw Ghetto. A compelling and moving coming-of-age novel that draws upon history to…

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    To Hope and Back

    Kathy Kacer

    Based on the true story of the last refugee ship to leave Germany in 1939, the St. Louis, this powerful book tells the story of two of its passengers, Lisa…

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    Under the Iron Bridge

    Kathy Kacer

    Desperate to escape joining the Hitler Youth, Paul stumbles across the Edelweiss Pirates, a secret German organization of teenage rebels leading a dangerous campaign of sabotage against the Nazis.

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    Hiding Edith

    Kathy Kacer

    The remarkable true story of Edith Schwalb, kept safe due to the courage of an entire village in France during the Nazi invasion in WWII.

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    Fuga para Xangai

    Kathy Kacer

    Lily e sua familia chegam a Xangai em 1938, fugindo da perseguicao nazista em Viena. Em seu novo lar, eles terao que se adaptar a uma vida muito dura, em…

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    O Diario da Irma de Laura

    Kathy Kacer

    Laura tem apenas tres semanas ate a cerimonia judia de passagem para a vida adulta - bat mitzvah, quando recebe um projeto especial. Ele deve ler o diario de Sara…

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    Os Reporteres Clandestinos

    Kathy Kacer

    Dois garotos judeus, John Freund e Ruda Stadler, odiavam o que estava acontecendo com sua cidade. John amava esportes e sentia falta de brincar ao ar livre com seus amigos…

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    O Segredo do Armario de Gabi

    Kathy Kacer

    Conheca a historia de Gabi, uma garota judia que vivia com seus pais em uma comunidade rural ate que os nazistas invadem a Tchecoslovaquia. Quando surgem rumores de que as…

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    A Guerra de Clara

    Kathy Kacer

    Conheca Clara, uma garota judia que vivia feliz na Tchecoslovaquia com seus pais ate que um dia seu pais e invadido por nazistas, que os levam para um gueto para…

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    The Brave Princess and Me

    Kathy Kacer

    In 1943 Greece, young Tilde Cohen and her mother are Jewish and on the run from the Nazis. When they arrive unannounced on Princess Alice’s doorstep, begging her to shelter…

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    Broken Strings

    Eric Walters,Kathy Kacer

    A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo. For fans of The Devil’s Arithmetic and Hana’s Suitcase.

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    To Look a Nazi in the Eye: A Teen’s Account of a War Criminal Trial

    Kathy Kacer

    The true story of nineteen-year-old Jordana Lebowitz’s time in Germany, where she went to witness the trial of Oskar Groening, known as the bookkeeper of Auschwitz, a man charged with…

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    El Mago de Auschwitz

    Kathy Kacer

    Werner is a boy alone in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He shares his bunk with a quiet man named Herr Levin, who seems too gentle for this terrible place. One…

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    We are Their Voice: Young People Respond to the Holocaust

    Kathy Kacer,Alan Gotlib Karen Krasny

    A collection of writing and art from young people who were invited to share what the Holocaust means to them. Their contributions reveal that they find meaningful lessons in the…

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    I Am Not a Number

    Jenny Kay Dupuis,Kathy Kacer

    When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and homesick. She tries to remember who she is and…

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    Gaawin Gindaaswin Ndaawsii/I Am Not A Number

    Dr Jenny Kay Dupuis,Kathy Kacer

    The dual language edition, in Nishnaabemwin (Ojibwe) Nbisiing dialect and English, of the award-winning book I Am Not a Number. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family…

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