Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
Authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation, Ari Folman and David Polonsky’s Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation breathes vibrant, heartbreaking life into a classic. Blending hauntingly beautiful illustrations with direct diary quotes, this masterpiece captures Anne’s profound humanity and the claustrophobia of the Secret Annex.
What happens when a symbol of hate appears in the middle of your school? In Linked, Gordon Korman combines mystery, friendship, and history as three students uncover the truth behind a series of swastika incidents that force their community to confront its past.
A breathtaking, heart-wrenching journey across wartime Europe! A story of a brilliant, disabled young woman who must find her own strength when World War II tears her away from her traveling circus family.
A breathtaking, award-winning masterpiece of World War II fiction! It traces a decade of history through the letters of an incarcerated Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girl. Spanning from the desolation of Manzanar to European battlefields that explores patriotism, systemic racism, and the enduring power of human connection.
A haunting parable of deception and survival. Narrated by the cosmic voice of Truth, the story tracks an innocent Greek boy tricked by Nazis into coaxing neighbors onto trains to Auschwitz. While its unique philosophical narration occasionally distances the reader from the characters, it remains a beautifully written, essential study on honesty and redemption.