Cart (0 items)- Diary of Laura's Twin
Author
Series
Type
Ages
Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Pages
202 p.
Keywords
Categories
Subjects
Persecutions, Jews, Warsaw, Poland, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943, History, Warsaw (Poland), Warsaw, Poland, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Poland, Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland), History, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943
Publisher
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This story's inclusion of a contemporary main character offers a unique perspective of the Holocaust, helping today's readers understand. It shows how selecting a "twin" for a Bat-Mitzvah is an endeavor by Jewish leaders to keep a new generation aware of the horrors faced by their ancestors.
publisher summary(s)
A Holocaust survivor gives Laura Wyman the diary of a girl who lived in the Warsaw Ghetto, with whom Laura can "twin" as she prepares for her Bar Mitzvah, and Laura relates her thoughts and feelings about the young girl's writings and tragic life.