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1	In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer more books like this by I Opdyke add to wishlist This biography tells the story of Irene Gut Opdyke. When she was a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland, Opdyke risked her life by sheltering 12 Jews in the basement of her employer's home--he was a German officer. She moved to the US after World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	I have lived a thousand years : growing up in the Holocaust more books like this by Livia Bitton-Jackson add to wishlist Elli Friedmann was 13 when the Nazis invaded the town in Hungary where she lived. At first Elli and her mother were forced to relocate to a crowded ghetto, but eventually they were transported to Auschwitz. Because of her blond hair, Elli was spared from death and selected as a worker. In this memoir, she describes life in the infamous ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Through My Eyes more books like this by Ruby Bridges, Margo Lundell (Editor) add to wishlist Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Warriors Don't Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High more books like this by Melba Patillo Beals add to wishlist The author reflects on her role in the 1957 integration of Little Rock Central High School. A 16-year-old girl at the time, the author was among the first nine black students to attend that school--a situation that brought out the best, and the worst, in her neighbors and fellow students. The integration of Central High School was, and continues ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $2.61! \| SVS
5	The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia more books like this by Esther Hautzig add to wishlist Hautzig tells how she was wrenched from her life in a wealthy Jewish family in Poland and deported to a Siberian village. In 1941, when she was ten, she, her mother, and grandmother were captured by the Russians and shipped by cattle-car to a forced-labor camp. There, the three of them manage to stay together and for four years survive the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.15! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Wright Brothers more books like this by Quentin Reynolds add to wishlist A biography of the two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, who built and flew the first airplane. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps more books like this by Andrea Warren add to wishlist Living in Poland, 12-year-old Jack Mandelbaum is hardly aware that he's Jewish. But when Hitler comes to power, Jack is torn from his family as they are herded to a concentration camp, and he is forced to work for the Nazis. Each day is a struggle to survive, and life in the camps is brutal as Hitler's guards are skilled at crushing a prisoner's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Princess Ka'iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People more books like this by Sharon Linnea add to wishlist On March 1, 1893, Princess Ka'iulani, 17, stepped onto the pier at New York City, realizing she stood at a crossroads in history. This biography tells the fascinating story of Princess Ka'iulani's life and courageous fight for Hawaiian independence. Using newly translated journals and letters, Sharon Linnea introduces young readers to the most ... see all copies from $2.14! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend more books like this by Alison Leslie Gold add to wishlist Reflections of Hannah Goslar, a Holocaust survivor who was a childhood friend of Anne Frank. This memoir covers the girls' close friendship before Anne and her family went into hiding, and their last tearful reunion at the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, where Anne died at the age of 15. Illustrated with b&w photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Sadako & the Thousand Paper Cranes more books like this by Eleanor Coerr add to wishlist This heart-rending biography tells of Sadako Sasaki, who was two years old when the atom bomb was dropped on her hometown of Hiroshima. Ten years later, Sadako is dying of leukemia as a result of the bomb, and a friend tells her that if a sick person can fold 1,000 paper cranes, the gods will make them well again. A poignant portrait that shows ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot more books like this by Alice Provensen add to wishlist A biography of French pilot Louis Bleriot who, in 1909, became the first person to fly an airplane across the English Channel. This picture book tells of the very first time Bleriot saw an airship, his quest to build his own flying machine, his many disastrous attempts to learn how to fly a plane, and finally of his triumphant flight into history. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane more books like this by Russell Freedman add to wishlist A biography of inventors and aviators Orville and Wilbur Wright. Illustrated with b&w photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo more books like this by Zlata Filipovic add to wishlist Zlata Filipovic, a Croatian, started writing in her diary in October, 1991, just before her 11th birthday. Her entries about the normal concerns of a girl her age suddenly change as the bombs start to fall on Sarajevo, and the diary becomes a chronicle of the horror and destruction around her. Continuing to write in her diary until she is 13, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Amos Fortune, Free Man more books like this by Elizabeth Yates add to wishlist A biography of Amos Fortune--born an African prince named At-mun--who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the United States. Eventually able to buy his own freedom, Fortune dedicated the rest of his life to helping other slaves buy theirs. Winner of the 1951 Newbery Medal. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution more books like this by Ji-Li Jiang add to wishlist A memoir by Ji-li Jiang who was a 12-year-old girl living in China when Chairman Mao launched the 1966 Cultural Revolution. Ji-li was an excellent student with the promise of a great future, but with the advent of the Cultural Revolution, intelligence was seen as a crime and her family's wealthy background meant that they were persecuted by their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	My Great-Aunt Arizona more books like this by Gloria Houston add to wishlist Arizona was born in the mountains and, as a school-teacher, she filled children's heads with curiosity about the far-off places she would never see. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust more books like this by Jacob Boas add to wishlist Diary entries from five teenagers who eventually met the same fate as victims of the Holocaust. David Rubinowicz, the son of a Polish diaryman, Yitzhak Rudashevski, a communist living in Lithuania, Moshe Flinker an Orthodox Jew living in Belgium, Eva Heyman, a wealthy girl living in Hungary, and Anne Frank living, in hiding with her family in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers more books like this by Jean Fritz add to wishlist The life and times of the woman who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin," from her childhood through the end of the Civil War. Much of this biography focuses on Stowe's role as a black woman in the mid-19th century. Pencil illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.73! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story more books like this by Lila And Marion Blumenthal Lazan Perl add to wishlist A woman shares her childhood memories of living in Nazi Germany. In this true story, the author relates how the life of her family changed when Hitler came into power and they were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps. Illustrated with b&w photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio more books like this by Peg Kehret add to wishlist The author of such books as EARTHQUAKE TERROR, CAT BURGLAR ON THE PROWL and DANGER AT THE FAIR tells of how she contracted polio at the age of 12. Told through fictionalized dialogue, this book is set in 1949. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Basher Five-Two: The True Story of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'Grady more books like this by Scott O'Grady, Captain, Michael French add to wishlist A biography of Scott O'Grady, the U.S. Air Force captain who was shot down over Bosnia and managed to live through the crash that caused his plane to explode and to survive on his own in enemy territory. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Life of Charlemagne more books like this by Einhard add to wishlist A vivid life of Charlemagne, written ca A.D. 830 by a member of his court see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Story of Ruby Bridges more books like this by R Coles add to wishlist The true story of the 6-year-old girl who single-handedly integrated an all-white New Orleans public school in 1960. Each day Ruby had to walk through throngs of screaming protestors to enter a classroom that was devoid of other students because they had been kept home by their angry parents. An afterward explains how, after many months, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman more books like this by Dorothy Sterling add to wishlist Born into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible--certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet did escape North, by the secret route called the Underground Railroad. Harriet didn't forget her people. Again and again she risked her life to lead them on the same secret, dangerous journey. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	George Washington more books like this by Lenny Hort add to wishlist George Washington is often called the father of our country. He beat the odds to lead the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, served as first president of the United States, and then retired from public life to farm Virginia's largest plantation. In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh voices and DK design ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS

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