The boy who followed his father into Auschwitz : a true story retold for young readers / Jeremy Dronfield.
In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved, and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in. When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz--a certain death sentence--Fritz refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering they endured, there was one constant that kept them alive: the love between father and son.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063236172
- ISBN: 0063236176
- Physical Description: 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Adaptation of the adult narrative nonfiction book The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz. Includes P.S. insights, interviews & more section containing a message from Kurt Kleinmann, family photographs, and afterword. "Originally published, in slightly different form, as The Stone Crusher in 2018 by Chicago Review Press."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Say yes! -- Shabbos -- Monster -- Connection and the exclusion -- Night of broken glass -- Journey -- Little camp -- Stone crusher -- A feeling of hope -- Road to life -- New world -- Child of fortune -- Final solution -- Let's all fight! -- A town called Auschwitz -- Day will come when we're free -- A man far from home -- Resistance -- A trusted friend -- Fighting back -- A desperate plan -- Death march -- End of the world -- They all fought -- Journey back -- What happened after -- Timeline of events -- Author's note to parents and teachers. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 10 and up. Harper. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.5 10 522754. |
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| Genre: | Personal narratives. Biographies. Young adult literature. |
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- 15 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | J 920 DRO (Text) | 33114018519009 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
