Run and Hide
How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust: a Graphic Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 10, 2023
A gripping nonfiction graphic novel that follows the stories of Jewish children, separated from their parents, who escaped the horrors of the Holocaust.
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- Who it’s for
- Journalistic storytelling and personal narratives bring the perilous escapes of Jewish children into close focus.
- Themes
- Holocaust survival, Separation from family, Jewish children’s escapes
- Pacing
- Mixed
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A gripping nonfiction graphic novel that follows the stories of Jewish children, separated from their parents, who escaped the horrors of the Holocaust. From the Sibert Honor and YALSA Award–winning creator behind The Unwanted, Drowned City, and others. In the tightening grip of Hitler’s power, towns, cities, and ghettoes were emptied of Jews. Unless they could escape, Jewish children would not be spared their deadly fate in the Holocaust, a tragedy of unfathomable depth.
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Only 11% of the Jewish children living in Europe before 1939 survived the Second World War. Run and Hide tells the stories of these children, forced to leave their homes and families, as they escaped certain horror. Some children flee to England by train. Others are hidden from Nazis, sometimes in plain sight. Some are secreted away in attics and farmhouses. Still others make miraculous escapes, cresting over the snow-covered Pyrenees mountains to safety. Acclaimed nonfiction storyteller Don Brown brings his expertise for journalistic reporting to the deeply felt personal narratives of Jewish children who survived against overwhelming odds. Read more books by Don Brown: - 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary - In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks - Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 - The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
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Journalistic storytelling and personal narratives bring the perilous escapes of Jewish children into close focus.
Come here for
- A graphic novel grounded in survivors’ personal narratives
- Stories of escape, concealment, and finding safety
Expect
- A serious, deeply felt account of Holocaust survival
- Nonfiction storytelling shaped by journalistic reporting
Where it sits
| Holocaust History for Teens | 79% |
|---|---|
| Graphic History | 48% |
| Graphic Biography | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Boys & Men
- Graphic Biography
- Graphic History
- Graphic Social Topics
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- Girls & Women
- European History
- Holocaust History for Teens
- Wars & Military History for Teens
- Authors
- Don Brown
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 10, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Holocaust survival · Separation from family · Jewish children’s escapes
- Reading lane
- Boys & Men