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The Lady With the Hat by Uri Orlev

The Lady With the Hat

Uri Orlev, Hillel Halkin

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · Hardcover · April 24, 1995

Yulek, a seventeen-year-old Holocaust survivor, finds himself tragically alone at war's end.

Holocaust Stories for TeensHistorical YA - EuropeJewish YA
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Holocaust Stories for Teens, Jewish YA, Historical YA - Europe
Published
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April 24, 1995

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Yulek, a seventeen-year-old Holocaust survivor, finds himself tragically alone at war's end. Hoping to begin again, he makes his way to Palestine, where he meets a sad and beautiful Jewish girl named Theresa. Saved from the Nazis by Catholic nuns, Theresa, like Yulek, is uncertain about her place in the postwar world. Together they struggle to rediscover the joy of living.

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Holocaust Stories for Teens97%
Jewish YA81%
Historical YA - Europe54%

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  • Holocaust Stories for Teens
Authors
Uri Orlev, Hillel Halkin
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published
April 24, 1995
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
Holocaust Stories for Teens