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By: Alan Gratz Rate: very good Yanek Gruener is a Jewish boy during the Holocaust. He survived ten concentration camps, where he worked restlessly day after day. But to survive was most important. Yanek reminded himself: he was not dead yet, not yet. Yanek saw many people die, including his friend Fred. He experienced death…

By: Alan Gratz Rate: very good Josef was a Jew in the 1930s, when Nazis ruled Germany. One night his dad is captured by Nazis, but the rest of Josef’s family, made up of Josef, his mom, and his 6-year-old sister, Ruthie, later hear that he is released. The family travels on a ship to…

By: Kelly Yang Rate: supreme Mia Tang is a struggling 10-year-old girl in America who is an immigrant from China. Her family is very poor, and they struggle to find jobs. One day they find work in a motel owned by a monstrous man named Mr. Yao. Mia starts working at the front desk. Mr.…