Clara's War
- Publisher
- Second Story Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2001
- Category
- Holocaust, Prejudice & Racism
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 13
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 8
- Recommended Reading age
- 9 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896764429
- Publish Date
- Apr 2001
- List Price
- $8.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926739113
- Publish Date
- Jan 2001
- List Price
- $6.99
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Description
From the Silver Birch Award-winning author of The Secret of Gabi’s Dresser.
t's a dangerous time for thirteen-year-old Clara and her family. They have just been imprisoned in Terezin (Terezinstadt), a ghetto in a medieval town near Prague - which was built to show the world how "well" the Nazis were treating Jews during the Second World War. Here Clara encounters hunger, disease and filthy living conditions. Even worse is the constant threat of being deported to concentration camps where the possibility of death awaits her.
In the midst of the horror of these conditions, Clara still makes strong friendships and attends classes. Life in the ghetto takes an unusual turn for the young people when a children's opera, Brundibar, written by an inmate, allows them moments of joy and laughter. With a real escape being planned by Jacob, a family tragedy to confront, and an inspection tour by the Red Cross at hand, Clara has some life-challenging decisions to make. Inspired by real events.
About the author
Kathy Kacer est une auteure primée qui a écrit de nombreux livres sur l'holocauste pour les jeunes lecteurs, dont The Magician of Auschwitz, L'histoire d'Edith, Le journal de Sara et Les espions de la nuit. Elle s'estime honorée de contribuer à faire connaître l'histoire familiale de Jenny Kay Dupuis. Kathy vit avec sa famille à Toronto.
Kathy Kacer has won many awards for her writing, including the American Jewish Library Association Award. In 1999, she wrote the first book in Second Story's Holocaust Remembrance Series, The Secret of Gabi's Dresser. Since then, she's penned four other books in the series. Kacer now writes about the Holocaust for young readers and travels the country speaking about it. Kacer lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her family.
Awards
- Short-listed, Canadian Library Association "Book of the Year for Children"
- Winner, Ontario Library Association – Red Maple Award
- Commended, Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award
Editorial Reviews
"Kacer doesn’t spare readers from the sheer horror of life in the ghetto or from the prospects of what lay beyond Terezin in the death camps that were the final destination of Terezins inmates. But in telling the story of Brundibar and giving readers a glimpse of the incredible artistic life that was secretly fostered in the ghetto, Kacer’s novel is also a story of hope, courage, and humanity in the face of overwhelming suffering and adversity."
Quill & Quire
"This portrait of life in Terezin through the eyes of a girl in her early teens is spellbinding. The author conveys the reality of Clara’s experiences, her uncertainties, dreams and hardships realistically, but not frighteningly."
The London Jewish Community News
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