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Escaping Into the Night by D. Dina Friedman

Escaping Into the Night

D. Dina Friedman

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Paperback · September 8, 2009

Halina Rudowski is on the run.

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Who it’s for
A forest encampment brings survival into focus, alongside the painful reality of life without family.
Genres
Holocaust Stories, War & Military Stories, Jewish Religious Stories
Published
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, September 8, 2009

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About this book

Halina Rudowski is on the run. When the Polish ghetto where she lives is evacuated, she narrowly escapes, but her mother is not as lucky. Along with her friend Batya, Halina makes her way to a secret encampment in the woods where Jews survive by living underground. As the group struggles for food, handles infighting, and attempts to protect themselves from the advancing Germans, Halina must face the reality of life without her mother.

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Based on historical events, this gripping tale sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Holocaust: the underground forest encampments that saved several thousand Jews from the Nazis. In telling the story of one girl's survival, Escaping into the Night marks the arrival of a remarkable new voice in fiction.

Survival in Hiding

A forest encampment brings survival into focus, alongside the painful reality of life without family.

Come here for

  • A young survivor’s story rooted in a lesser-known chapter of the Holocaust
  • The tension of hiding, scarcity, and fragile group ties

Expect

  • A sustained story of danger, endurance, and loss
  • A close view of Jewish survival underground during the Holocaust

Where it sits

Holocaust Stories83%
War & Military Stories54%
Jewish Religious Stories45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Holocaust Stories
  • Jewish Religious Stories
  • Growing Up
Authors
D. Dina Friedman
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published
September 8, 2009
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Holocaust Stories