Chapter book #11 Robert F. Sibert Winner #1

Title: Surviving Hitler

Author: Andrea Warren

Genre: Historical Non Fiction

Sub Genre: Chapter Book

Awards: Robert F. Sibert Winner

Publishing Date: 2002

Publisher: Harper Collins

Summary:  Jack is a 12 year old boy who is living in a concentration camp in Poland. He was a Jew, but he didn’t know much about his religion. Jack and his family hid from Hitler for three years before they found them and put him in a concentration camp. He lived through terrible living conditions and terrible food. Jack manages to help others along the way and make new friendships during the hardships. He was let out of the camp at the age of 18. He decided to move to the US to start a new life.

I would use this book along with a history lesson that teaches about the Holocaust. This will give students an idea of what concentration camps were really like. The book will make students appreciate history and our country because we never had to go through that.