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Always remember me : how one family survived World War II / Marisabina Russo

Author
Russo, Marisabina
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2005]
Copyright Date
©2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 25 x 28 cm

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Summary
After many years during which her grandmother skirted the issue, a young girl finally hears the story of how several of her female relatives survived the Holocaust. Rachel's Oma (her grandmother) has two picture albums. In one the photographs show only happy times -- from after World War II, when she and her daughters had come to America. But the other album includes much sadder times from before -- when their life in Germany was destroyed by the Nazis' rise to power. For as long as Rachel can remember, Oma has closed the other album when she's gotten to the sad part. But today Oma will share it all. Today Rachel will hear about what her grandmother, her mother, and her aunts endured. And she'll see how the power of this Jewish family's love for one another gave them the strength to survive. Marisabina Russo illuminates a difficult subject for young readers with great sensitivity. Based on the author's own family history, Always Remember Me is a heartbreaking -- and inspiring -- book sure to touch anyone who reads it.
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ISBN
0689869207
Note
"An Anne Schwartz Book".
Awards
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, Older, 2006.
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