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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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"Set in Berlin, Germany in 1939, a Jewish girl and her blind father try to avoid arrest by the Nazis with the help of a real-life upstander, German businessman Otto Weidt. Inspired by the real-life hero Otto Weidt - a German who risked his life to protectJews from the Nazis"-- Provided by publisher.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
The St. Louis and its Jewish passengers are turned away - first from Cuba, then the United States, and then Canada. This was the tragic true history of the St. Louis. Denied entry from port after port, the captain was forced to return his passengers to Europe, where many died in the Holocaust.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lily Toufar and her family, along with other Jewish refugees, arrive in Shanghai, China, to escape Hitler and the Nazis before the Second World War, but they are forced into ghettos by the Japanese government which is aligned with Hitler.
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