Hidden like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival by Marcel Prins & Peter Henk Steenhuis
Fourteen unforgettable true stories of children hidden away during World
War II. Jaap Sitters was only eight years old when his mother cut the
yellow stars off his clothes and sent him, alone, on a fifteen-mile walk
to hide with relatives. It was a terrifying night, one he would never
forget. Before the end of the war, Jaap would hide in secret rooms and
behind walls. He would suffer from hunger, sickness, and the looming
threat of Nazi raids. But he would live. This is just one of the
incredible stories told in HIDDEN LIKE ANNE FRANK, a collection of
eye-opening first-person accounts that share what it was like to go into
hiding during World War II.
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Amy Gumm, the other girl from Kansas, has been recruited by the
Revolutionary Order of the Wicked to stop Dorothy who has found a way to
come back to Oz, seizing a power that has gone to her head -- so now no
one is safe!
Scan by Walter Jury & Sarah Fine
Tate Archer outruns armed government officials as he tries to keep his
now dead father's strange invention out of the wrong hands, alien hands.
Pretending Normal by Mary Campisi
1976 Before-Sara Polokovich wants out of Norwood, Pennsylvania,
population 4,582, where the undertaker and the butcher are the same
person. All she has to do is earn a scholarship. Just two more years…but
until then, she pours over classics to strengthen her comprehension
skills, reviews for the SAT, and continues to request college brochures
from every school in the northeast.Sara’s just buried her mother, her father drinks too much, and her kid sister won’t leave her alone. Why can’t her life be normal? Even half-normal? Why does Frank, (she refuses to think of him as her father anymore), spend all of his time in the garage with that damn ‘57 Chevy? And why does he have to hide bottles all over the house; in the red metal cupboard in the garage, behind the faded orange curtain in the kitchen, under the sink in the bathroom? Why can’t anybody talk about what’s happening?
As Sara struggles to free herself from a life of dysfunction and disease, she will learn the true depths of a parent’s love and the ultimate sacrifice given— and taken— in the name of that love. Pretending Normal follows Sara Polokovich’s coming of age as she discovers the truths about family with all of its flaws and weaknesses as the bond that holds one to another, in love, loyalty, even death.
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