THE HOLOCAUST: MIDDLE SCHOOL:

Adler, David A. We Remember the Holocaust. New York: H. Holt, 1989.  The book covers many events of the Holocaust, including personal accounts from survivors and stories of their experiences in death camps.  Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Ayer, Eleanor H., Helen Waterford, and Alfons Heck. Parallel Journeys. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1995.  A female survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp meets a former female member of the Hitler Youth movement.  They recount their war experiences and describe how they met forty years later. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow. New York: Scholastic. Nonfiction, 2005.  Details the methods used on German Hitler Youth to overcome resistance and gain power over them. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Brooks, Philip. Viewing the Holocaust Today. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2003. An examination into the various movies, music, writings, and museums that represent the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Cheng, Andrea. Marika. Asheville, N.C.: Front Street, 2002.  Unaware of her Jewish heritage, Hungarian born Marika is raised as a Christian but learns how dangerous it is to be of Jewish heritage and living in Hungary during World War II. Fiction, Grade 7-9.

Chotjewitz, David, and Doris Orgel. Daniel Half Human: And the Good Nazi. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004.   Unaware that his mother is half Jewish, young Daniel Kraushaar dreams of joining the Hitler Youth in 1930s Germany.  Fiction, Grades 7-9.

Dabba Smith, Frank, and Mendel Grossman. My Secret Camera: Life in the Lodz Ghetto. London: Frances Lincoln Children's, 2008.  Secret photos taken by a young Jewish man document the fear, hardship, generosity, and humanity endured daily in life of the Jews forced to live in the Lodz ghetto during the Holocaust.  Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Friedman, D. Dina. Escaping into the Night. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006.  After losing her mother during the evacuation of the Polish ghettos during World War II, Halina finds a way to flee to the safety of an encampment of Jews. Fiction, Grades 7-9.

Garner, Eleanor Ramrath. Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree, 1999.  Author account of her experiences with the Gestapo during World War II and her trip across the Atlantic escaping to freedom. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Gottfried, Ted, and Stephen Alcorn. Deniers of the Holocaust: Who They Are, What They Do, Why They Do It. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-First Century Books, 2001. Documents the individuals and their stories that believe the Holocaust did took place. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Gottfried, Ted, and Stephen Alcorn. Displaced Persons: The Liberation and Abuse of Holocaust Survivors. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-First Century Books, 2001. Accounts of the struggles Jewish refugees following World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Gottfried, Ted. Martyrs to Madness: The Victims of the Holocaust. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-First Century Books, 2000. Examines the rise of Nazis power in Germany and the actions taken on Jews, Gypsies, Catholics, and others. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Gottfried, Ted, and Stephen Alcorn. Nazi Germany: The Face of Tyranny. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-First Century Books, 2000.  An accounting of the Nazis' rise to power in Germany and their efforts to conquer all of Europe. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Gottfried, Ted, and Melanie Reim. The Great Fatherland War. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-first Century Books, 2003. Historical accounts from the battlefield of World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Gottfried, Ted, and Melanie Reim. The Stalinist Empire. Brookfield, Conn: Twenty-First Century Books, 2002. A detailed account of the years of Joseph Stalin's iron-fisted reign in the Soviet Union. Nonfiction, Grades, 7-9.

Grant, R. G. The Holocaust. New perspectives. Hove, East Sussex: Wayland Publishers, 1997. An examination of the early life  and persecution of Jews in Germany, the rise of Nazi power, and other historical events surrounding the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Hesse, Karen. Letters from Rifka. New York: H. Holt, 1992.  The story of a young Jewish girl’s battle to gain passage to America and reunite with her family. Fiction, Grades 4-6.

Hillman, Laura. I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005.  A gripping account of a young Polish girl who was sent to a series of concentration camps and survived the war after being placed on Schindler's List, finally marrying a fellow survivor.  Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Horton, Casey. The Jews. We came to North America. New York, NY: Crabtree Pub, 2000.  Describes how Jews from around the world fled persecution in their homelands and came to North America.  Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Jackson, Livia Bitton. I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust. New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997.  The memoir of a 13-year-old Hungarian girl who recounts her experiences of the Holocaust. The book covers Jewish round-ups, torture, forced-labor, shootings, and liberation from the viewpoint of a teenage girl struggling to survive. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Jeffrey, Laura S. Simon Wiesenthal: Tracking Down Nazi Criminals. People to know. Springfield, NJ, USA: Enslow, 1997.  A real life Nazi-hunter, including the stories of how he caught and brought Nazi war criminals to justice.  Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Kerr, Judith. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. New York: Putnam & Grosset Group, 1997.  A Jewish girl escapes wither family from Berlin just before Hilter takes power. Fiction, Grades 4-6.

Leitner, Isabella, and Judy Pedersen. The Big Lie: A True Story. New York: Scholastic Inc, 1992. A biographical account of the author’s experiences as a survivor of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Levine, Ellen. Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews. New York: Holiday House, 2000.  The true story of Denmark citizens who risked their lives to protect and rescue their Jewish neighbors from the Nazis during World War II.  Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Lobel, Anita. No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1998.  A Polish Jew during World War II gives her account of the war and her years after spent in Sweden. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9. 

Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1989.  Set in Nazi-occupied Denmark in 1943, this 1990 Newbery winner tells of a 10-year-old girl who undertakes a dangerous mission to save her best friend. Fiction, Grades 5-8.

Matas, Carol. After the War. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1996.  After being released from Buchenwald at the end of World War II, a young girl risks her life to lead a group of refugees across Europe to Palestine. Fiction, Grades 7-9.

Matas, Carol. Daniel's Story. New York: Scholastic, 1993.   Daniel is fictional character based on millions of Jewish children of the Holocaust, who describes his family’s experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Fiction, Grades 4-6.

Morpurgo, Michael. Waiting for Anya. New York, N.Y.: Viking, 1991.  A young boy gains the support of a French town and a German soldier to help Jewish children escape during World War II.  Fiction, Grades 7-9.

Nicholson, Dorinda Makanaonalani, and Larry Nicholson. Pearl Harbor Warriors: The Bugler, the Pilot, the Friendship. Kansas City, MO.: Woodson House Pub, 2001. Chronicles the story of two World War II veterans whose lives intersected in war at Pearl Harbor and again fifty years later. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Orlev, Uri. The Island on Bird Street. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.  Alone in a ruined house during World War II, a young Jewish boy must learn to survive under constantly life-threatening conditions. Fiction, Grades, 7-9.

Reiss, Johanna. The Upstairs Room. New York: Crowell, 1972.  A Newbery Honor book that gives a fictionalized account of the author’s two and a half years spent hiding in the upstairs bedroom of a farmhouse during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Rogasky, Barbara. Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust. New York: Holiday House, 1988.  Discusses the tragic fate of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust is set against a chronicle of the roots of Nazi anti-Semitism, Hitler's rise to power, World War II, and the Nazi program of extermination. Nonfiction, Grade 4-6.

Rubin, Susan Goldman, and Ela Weissberger. The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin. New York: Holiday House, 2006. The chronicles of  the author during her experiences in the Terezin concentration camp. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Shapiro, Stephen, David Craig, and Tina Forrester. Ultra Hush-Hush: Espionage and Special Missions. Outwitting the enemy : stories from the Second World War. Toronto: Annick Press, 2003. Interesting tales about spy schemes used by various countries in an attempt to trick the enemy and win the wars. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Shuter, Jane. Aftermath of the Holocaust. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2003. An examination into the after affects on the survivors of the Holocaust and their Nazi captors after World War II ended. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Shuter, Jane. Auschwitz. Visiting the past. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2001. Chronicles the daily life of a victim of the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Shuter, Jane. Life and Death in Hitler's Europe. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2003.  Details of what life was like in Europe for both Jews and Gentiles while Hitler was in power. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Shuter, Jane. Prelude to the Holocaust. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. A historical account of the events leading up to the rise of Nazi power in Germany and the beginning of the Holocaust persecution. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Shuter, Jane. Resistance to the Nazis. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003. A gripping account of brave individuals who fought against the Nazi’s during World War II. Nonfiction, Grades, 4-6.

Shuter, Jane. Survivors of the Holocaust. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2003. The stories of real individuals who survived the Holocaust and how they did it. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Sawyer, Kem Knapp. Anne Frank. DK biography. New York: DK Pub, 2004.  Examines the life of Anne Frank and her diary, which became world famous. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Sender, Ruth Minsky. The Cage. New York: Macmillan, 1986.   One teenager recounts the horrors and suffering of her family in a Polish ghetto and eventually in a Nazi concentration camp. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Van Stockum, Hilda. The Borrowed House. Bathgate, ND: Bethlehem Books, 2000.  A young female member of the Hitler Youth comes to realize that the war cause personal tragedy for some. Fiction, Grades 7-9.

Vander Zee, Ruth, Marian Sneider, and Bill Farnsworth. Eli Remembers. Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2007.  Eli learns how the solemn lighting of seven candles at Rosh Hashanah represents his family's connection to the Holocaust in Lithuania. Fiction, Grades 4-6.

Warren, Andrea. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001.  The personal testimony of a young boy’s experiences during the Holocaust at Blechhammer, a Nazi concentration camp. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Whiting, Jim. The Story of the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Monumental milestones. Hockessin, Del: Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2006.  Chronicles the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and how it caused the United States into World War II. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Williams, Brian. Life As a Combat Soldier. World at war-- World War II. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2006. A true account of one man’s experiences during the war. Nonfiction, Grades, 4-6.

Williams, Brian. The Blitz on Britain. World at war-- World War II. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2006. A gripping account of how European countries survived attacks by the Luftwaffe, Germany's powerful air force, during World War II. Nonfiction, grades 4-6.

Willoughby, Susan. Art, Music, and Writings from the Holocaust. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2003. Examines the various forms of art, music, and literature created during the Holocaust. Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Willoughby, Susan. The Holocaust. 20th-century perspectives. Chicago, Ill: Heinemann Library, 2001. An overview of the Holocaust, the Jewish plight, and the rise of Nazi Germany. Nonfiction, Grades 4-6.

Yeatts, Tabatha. The Holocaust Survivors. The Holocaust remembered series. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1998.  The historical account of Holocaust survivors, the trials of Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, the establishment of the state of Israel, and the search for justice.  Nonfiction, Grades 7-9.

Yolen, Jane. The Devil's Arithmetic. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Puffin Books, 1990.  In a strange turn of events, Hannah learns to understand the traditions of her Jewish heritage when time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.  Fiction, Grades 7-9.

Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.  A young girl trying to make sense of the trials of Nazi Germany discovers the beauty of literature after stealing books and telling stories to comfort others, including a Jewish man hiding in the basement.  Fiction, Grades 7-9.

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