Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sonia Wolff Levitin (born August 18, 1934) [1] is a German-American novelist, artist, and producer. Levitin, a Holocaust survivor, has written over forty novels and picture books for young adults and children, as well as several theatrical plays and published essays on various topics for adults.
Sadie Rose Weilerstein (1894–1993), author of children's books, including the K'tonton stories about the adventures of a thumb-sized boy [116] Nathanael West, novelist and screenwriter [117] Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Prize winner and author of 57 books [118] Isaac Meyer Wise, author and rabbi [119]
Kathy Kacer (born 6 September 1954) [1] is a Canadian author of fiction and non-fiction for children about The Holocaust, and has written one adult fiction book (Restitution).
Many of her books examine women's lives and fashion during the Second World War and the Holocaust. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive has been translated into 22 languages and listed on The New York Times Best Seller list. [2] [3] Adlington also writes young adult fiction. Her YA work typically delves ...
Milkweed is a 2003 young adult historical fiction novel by American author Jerry Spinelli. The book is about a boy in Warsaw, Poland in the years of World War II during the Holocaust. Over time he is taken in by a Jewish group of orphans and he must avoid the Nazis (or "Jackboots") while living on the streets with other orphans.
Prisoner B-3087 is a young adult historical fiction novel by Alan Gratz. [1] The book is "based on the true story of Ruth and Jack Gruener," who were prisoners during the Holocaust . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Prisoner B-3087 was published by Scholastic Inc in 2013.
As of October, 2018, Zar's book was listed as the best seller in teen and young adult Jewish literature on Amazon. [ 5 ] In 2018, Zar was honored in The New York Times as part of their Overlooked No More obituary feature, [ 6 ] and noted as a remarkable person who would have been covered in her own time if she had been born male.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more