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Anita Dittman & Jesus: Trapped in Hitler’s Hell
A young Jewish girl discovers the Messiah's faithfulness in the midst of the Holocaust.
Abridged: Age 12+
A definitive, deeply moving narrative, Bonhoeffer is a story of moral courage in the face of monstrous evil. As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a young pastor named Dietrich Bonhoeffer became one of the first to speak out against Hitler.
Young Adult Adaptation: Age 13+
As a young American soldier in World War II, fighting brutal battles across Europe, having been shot at and shelled, having seen your friends killed, and no longer even able to remember what your own mother looks like... what is the plan when you stumble across a holocaust train full of suffering families that shocks you to your core, even after you think you have seen it all?
Young Adult Adaptation: Age 11+
An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive. Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new generation to one of history's most thrilling survival epics.
Young Reader's Edition: Age 9+
It's World War II. Darkness has fallen over Europe as the Nazis spread hatred, fear and war across the globe. But on a quiet city corner in the Netherlands, one woman fights against the darkness.
Young Reader's Edition: Age 10+
A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II.
Young Reader's Edition: Age 10+
The extraordinary and long forgotten story of Irena Sendler—the “female Oskar Schindler”—who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
