What are in your opinion the best holocaust books for kids and teens?

Answer 1

Maus. It is a graphic novel.

Answer 2

Well, the Dairy of Anne Frank, of course, bit also these:

1. Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust

2. Children in the Holocaust and World War II: Their Secret Diaries

3. Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust

4. I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust

5. Four Perfect Pebbles: : A Holocaust Story

Answer 3

Parallel journeys / Eleanor H. Ayer with Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck. This is an incredible double autobiography. One person survived Auschwitz, the other served in the Hitler Youth, then the Luftwaffen. This is not fiction, but it's written for teens. IT IS GREAT. Call # 943.086
In my hands : memories of a Holocaust rescuer, by Irene Gut Opdyke call # 940.5318

The following are novels written for teens and upper elementary:
Also good, The Devil's Arithmetic, Jane Yolen.
The Island on Bird Street, Uri Orlov
Milkweed, Jerry Spinelli
The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak

Answer 4

Alicia, My Story by Alicia Appleman Jurman. It's a first hand account about a girl that lost all the members of her family but survived the Holocaust by hiding all over Europe. She was fortunate enough to not be caught and sent to a concentration camp so it's a different perspective, though no less horrifying. It's an amazing true story.

Answer 5

Night is a very short, very descriptive book by survivor Elie Wiesel.

I Never Saw Another Butterfly is a collection of poems and pictures done by children at Terezen, a concentration camp for children. There is also a play by the same name that uses the names of the actual children of that camp.

Maus and Anne Frank are also great books.

Answer 6

Night by Elie Wiesel, hands down. Out of every novel and biography and memoir I've read about the Holocaust, that one stands out in my mind. It was deeply touching (as most are), but what made it really become my favorite was being able to hear him speak about all of it in person (Which anyone can do if you type up his name on YouTube).

And the drastic change in the relationship he has with his father...and just well everything. It's excellent and has the ability to get you wrapped up in it completely.

Answer 7

Besides NUMBER THE STARS and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, I'd like to add WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT and SNOW TREASURE.

All these books are based on real events. You know about Anne Frank. NUMBER THE STARS had to do with smuggling Jews to safety in Sweden. WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT is based on a Jewish family that left Berlin the day Hitler was elected. SNOW TREASURE is about Norwegian school children who successfully smuggled Norway's gold bullion past German soldiers to safety. The story was told by sailors who delivered the gold to the USA for safekeeping.

Answer 8

When I was teaching we used:

"Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry and the graphic novel "Maus."

Both are quite good and VERY different (in content and the authors' experiences or connections to the materials).

Good luck--also, if you can, get to hear a survivor speak firsthand about their experience (at a local college, school or Holocaust museum--this generation will be our last to hear them and remember).

Take care!
~Saoirse

Answer 9

Definitely Maus.

Answer 10

Anton the Dove Fancier. It isn't too gory or descritive about the physical stuff. It is a true story about a teenage boy and his family who were jewish and taken away. It talks about surviving mentally and physically. Very good book. I read it last year in my frechman year of high school. IT is very informative and sad but my entire class loved it.

Answer 11

I'd recommend "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom. Absolute best in the class in my opinion.

It speaks regarding many of the horrors of the event, but, you'll come away feeling uplifted by her great strength in adversity.
It is a true story.