The Daughter of Auschwitz
The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Story
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 8, 2025
In this powerful middle grade adaptation of the bestselling adult memoir of the same name, New York Times bestselling author Tova Friedman recounts her experiences as one of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust.
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- Who it’s for
- A direct, readable memoir with a hard edge and a plainspoken voice.
- Genres
- Holocaust for Kids, Historical Biographies for Kids, Military & Wars
- Published
- HarperCollins, April 8, 2025
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In this powerful middle grade adaptation of the bestselling adult memoir of the same name, New York Times bestselling author Tova Friedman recounts her experiences as one of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust. A Sydney Taylor Notable Book! At the tender age of five years old, Tola Grossman was sent to a Nazi labor camp. As World War II was breaking out around them, the only thing Tola and her parents were left with was the instinct to survive at all costs.
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Tola’s life became a series of miraculous close calls, from being saved from a gas chamber to successfully hiding from the Nazis as they were rounding people up. In this evocative account of one young girl’s survival, Tova Friedman chronicles the atrocities she witnessed while at Auschwitz and, ultimately, the sources of hope and courage she and her family found to persist against all odds.
Plainspoken Witness
A direct, readable memoir with a hard edge and a plainspoken voice.
Come here for
- memoir voice, plainly told
- accessible entry into a hard history
Expect
- sustained narrative read
- serious, straightforward tone
Where it sits
| Historical Biographies for Kids | 89% |
|---|---|
| Holocaust for Kids | 85% |
| Military & Wars | 53% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Biographies for Kids
- Parents & Parenting
- European History for Kids
- Holocaust for Kids
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- Military & Wars
- Europe for Young Readers
- Death & Grief
- Emotions
- Authors
- Tova Friedman
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 8, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Historical Biographies for Kids