Paper Hearts
Margaret K. McElderry Books · Paperback · September 6, 2016
A forbidden gift helps two teenage girls find hope, friendship, and the will to live in this “beautifully told true story about brave young women who refused to be victims and walked out of Auschwitz with their heads unbowed” (School Library Journal).
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- Who it’s for
- A true-story-based novel about friendship, hope, and a paper heart made in Auschwitz.
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories for Teens, Novels in Verse for Teens, Friendship for Teens
- Published
- Margaret K. McElderry Books, September 6, 2016
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A forbidden gift helps two teenage girls find hope, friendship, and the will to live in this “beautifully told true story about brave young women who refused to be victims and walked out of Auschwitz with their heads unbowed” (School Library Journal). An act of defiance. A statement of hope. A crime punishable by death. Making a birthday card in Auschwitz was all of those things. But that is what Zlatka did, in 1944, for her best friend, Fania.
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She stole and bartered for paper and scissors, secretly creating an origami heart. Then she passed it to every girl at the work tables to sign with their hopes and wishes for happiness, for love, and most of all—for freedom. Fania knew what that heart meant, for herself and all the other girls. And she kept it hidden, through the bitter days in the camp and through the death marches. She kept it always. This novel is based on the true story of Fania and Zlatka, the story of the bond that helped them both to hope for the best in the face of the worst. Their heart is one of the few objects created in Auschwitz, and can be seen today in the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre.
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A true-story-based novel about friendship, hope, and a paper heart made in Auschwitz.
Come here for
- A friendship shaped by hope under brutal circumstances
- A small act of defiance with lasting meaning
Expect
- An intimate focus on two girls’ bond
- A moving story of survival and remembrance
Where it sits
| Holocaust Stories for Teens | 97% |
|---|---|
| Novels in Verse for Teens | 76% |
| Friendship for Teens | 72% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Holocaust Stories for Teens
- Jewish YA
- Friendship for Teens
- Authors
- Meg Wiviott
- Publisher
- Margaret K. McElderry Books
- Published
- September 6, 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Holocaust Stories for Teens