My Bridges of Hope
Mass Market
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Paperback · March 1, 2002
This poignant memoir recounting the author’s experiences after Auschwitz will captivate readers as they follow her through heartache, frustration, adventure, excitement, love, and, ultimately, triumph.
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- Who it’s for
- A memoir that reads cleanly for study, but keeps its human edges intact.
- Genres
- Holocaust History for Teens, Lives in History, Judaism for Teens
- Published
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, March 1, 2002
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For older readers: Open Heart
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This poignant memoir recounting the author’s experiences after Auschwitz will captivate readers as they follow her through heartache, frustration, adventure, excitement, love, and, ultimately, triumph. After liberation from Auschwitz, fourteen-year-old Elli, her brother, and their mother attempt to rebuild their lives in Czechoslovakia.
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But it doesn’t take long for Elli to realize that even though the war is over, anti-Semitism is not, so she and her family decide to escape to America along with thousands of other Jews. Little do they know what agonies and adventures await them still.
Why It Lands
A memoir that reads cleanly for study, but keeps its human edges intact.
Come here for
- classroom-ready Holocaust history
- personal, reflective witness voice
Expect
- Holocaust context without flattening
- serious, accessible teen reading
Where it sits
| Holocaust History for Teens | 92% |
|---|---|
| Lives in History | 74% |
| Judaism for Teens | 59% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Girls & Women
- Holocaust History for Teens
- Authors
- Livia Bitton-Jackson
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Published
- March 1, 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Lives in History