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Somewhere There Is Still a Sun

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By Michael Gruenbaum
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
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Description Resilience shines throughout Michael Gruenbaums riveting memoir (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about his time in the Terezin concentration camp during the Holocaust, in this National Jewish Book award finalist and Parents Choice Gold Medal Awardwinning title, an ideal companion to the bestselling Boy on the Wooden Box.Michael Misha Gruenbaum enjoyed a carefree childhood playing games and taking walks through Prague with his beloved father. All of that changed forever when the Nazis invaded Prague. The Gruenbaum family was forced to move into the Jewish Ghetto in Prague. Then, after a devastating loss, Michael, his mother and sister were deported to the Terezin concentration camp. At Terezin, Misha roomed with forty other boys who became ...

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68154 words68,154 words
384 pages384 pages
Lexile 720LLexile 720L
Grade 5 to 9Grade 5 to 9
Age 10-14Age 10-14
Published 2017Published 2017

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9781442484870

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