Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust Contributor(s): Rappaport, Doreen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763629766 ISBN-13: 9780763629762 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Holocaust - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Political |
Dewey: 940.531 |
LCCN: 2011048116 |
Age Level: 10-UP |
Grade Level: 5-UP |
Lexile Measure: 1030(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.7" W x 9.8" L (2.42 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 1940's |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
Awards: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Fourteen and Up, 2013 Sydney Taylor Book Award, Honor Book, Teen, 2013 Children's Book Committee Award, Winner, Nonfiction, 2013 Alabama Camellia Award, Nominee, Nonfiction (Grades 6-8), 2014 |
Review Citations: Booklist 07/01/2012 pg. 54 Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2012 pg. 289 - Recommended - Hard To Beat Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2012 pg. 1683 School Library Journal 08/01/2012 pg. 115 Publishers Weekly 08/06/2012 Shelf Awareness 09/25/2012 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2012 - Book Of Special Distinction Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2012 pg. 41 New York Times Book Review 11/11/2012 pg. 34 NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2012 pg. 33 Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2012 pg. 78 Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2013 pg. 11 Kirkus Bea Big Book Guide 05/15/2012 pg. 86 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 180 - Superior,Well Above Average |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 153738 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In a stirring chronicle, Doreen Rappaport brings to light the courage of countless Jews who organized to sabotage the Nazis and help other Jews during the Holocaust. Under the noses of the military, Georges Loinger smuggles thousands of children out of occupied France into Switzerland. In Belgium, three resisters ambush a train, allowing scores of Jews to flee from the cattle cars. In Poland, four brothers lead more than 1,200 ghetto refugees into the forest to build a guerilla force and self-sufficient village. And twelve-year-old Motele Shlayan entertains German officers with his violin moments before setting off a bomb. Through twenty-one meticulously researched accounts -- some chronicled in book form for the first time -- Doreen Rappaport illuminates the defiance of tens of thousands of Jews across eleven Nazi-occupied countries during World War II. In answer to the genocidal madness that was Hitler's Holocaust, the only response they could abide was resistance, and their greatest weapons were courage, ingenuity, the will to survive, and the resolve to save others or to die trying. Back matter includes a pronunciation guide, a list of important dates, source notes, a bibliography, a bibliography by chapter, and an index. |
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