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amother

Thu, Jan 18 2024, 11:43 am

My 13 year old son needs to do a non-fiction book report and he wants to do a Holocaust book. Does anyone have a recommendation for one that is written in an engaging enough style for a 7th grader, appropriate for him to read and with appropriate hashkafos? (There are a lot written by secular people whose views on such a heavy topic I would not be happy about my son reading.)

amother

Stonewash

Thu, Jan 18 2024, 11:46 am

Touches in some parts of the Holocaust but not camps etc... daughter of two mothers is great

Rappel

Thu, Jan 18 2024, 12:00 pm

The Klausenburger Rebbe

Lieutenant Birnbaum

scruffy

Thu, Jan 18 2024, 12:07 pm

The Youngest Partisan

Go, My Son is very long but still readable for that age. It's a fascinating book.

Agree with Rappel's picks above as well.

amother

Carnation

Thu, Jan 18 2024, 1:00 pm

Mala's cat. I think it just got reprinted.

amother

Sat, Jan 20 2024, 11:57 pm

Thank you for all the great ideas!!

mha3484

Sun, Jan 21 2024, 12:06 am

My son read this a few years ago. A Boy Named 68818 https://a.co/d/0t7zObh

amother

Antiquewhite

Sun, Jan 21 2024, 1:03 am

Rappel wrote:

The Klausenburger Rebbe

Lieutenant Birnbaum

Lt. Birnbaum is a must read but NOT for 7th grader.

There are VERY graphic pics and specifics.

For when she is older.

nightingale1

Sun, Jan 21 2024, 1:48 am

Gutta: Memories of a Vanished World

amother

Oak

Sun, Jan 21 2024, 1:54 am

scruffy wrote:

The Youngest Partisan

Go, My Son is very long but still readable for that age. It's a fascinating book.

Agree with Rappel's picks above as well.

I was going to suggest these 2.

amother

Begonia

Sun, Jan 21 2024, 7:37 am

If he's a strong reader, Go, My Son is excellent.
It is not a concentration camp story, but it still has plenty of sad parts. It is very inspiring how a young man clung to his faith and mitzvos while fleeing throughout Russia. My son is BH a very strong reader and he read it at the beginning of 6th grade. He did need a little bit of historical context explained to him. It is also on the long side.

stillnewlywed

Sun, Jan 21 2024, 7:39 am

Alone in the forest

lmeisels

Sun, Jan 28 2024, 2:06 pm

Try 'My Name is Alice' by Alice Muller written by a frum survivor from Czechoslovakia,
interesting , inspiring , and educational. Available on Amazon.

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