Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story

Tova Friedman

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Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story

Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story

Tova Friedman

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In this powerful middle grade adaptation of the bestselling adult memoir of the same name, New York Times bestselling author Tova Friedman recounts her experiences as one of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust.

At the tender age of five years old, Tola Grossman was sent to a Nazi labor camp. As World War II was breaking out around them, the only thing Tola and her parents were left with was the instinct to survive at all costs. Tola's life became a series of miraculous close calls, from being saved from a gas chamber to successfully hiding from the Nazis as they were rounding people up.

In this evocative account of one young girl's survival, Tova Friedman chronicles the atrocities she witnessed while at Auschwitz and, ultimately, the sources of hope and courage she and her family found to persist against all odds.

Critical Reviews

"This Holocaust memoir is especially engaging and should resonate with middle-grade readers. Tola's account is searing, straightforward, and compelling. This crucial testimony deserves a wide audience." -- Booklist

"In this young reader's adaptation of Friedman's 2022 memoir, the author makes her story more accessible for a younger audience without losing any of its heartbreaking impact. Ultimately, this is a call to action for readers to witness and understand the past so that they are better equipped to find current situations that trigger those same alarms, and then do whatever small measures that they can to be change agents." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Publishing Information

Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Pub date: 2025-04-08
Length: 208 pages

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