num_pages: 146
description: Award-winning author Andrea Warren presents a life-changing story of a young boy's struggle for survival in a Nazi-run concentration camp. In this Robert F. Silbert Honor Book, narrated in the voice of Holocaust survivor Jack Mandelbaum, readers will glimpse the dark reality of life during the Holocaust, and how one boy made it out alive.When twelve-year-old Jack Mandelbaum is separated from his family and shipped off to the Blechhammer concentration camp, his life becomes a never-ending nightmare. With minimal food to eat and harsh living conditions threatening his health, Jack manages to survive by thinking of his family.Supports the Common Core State Standards
language: English
title: Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
titlecomplete: Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
genres: Middle Grade, Jewish, Historical, Biography, Memoir, War, Nonfiction, History, Holocaust, World War II
ratings_count: 5216
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: ASJA Outstanding Book Award
category: Children/Young Adult Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Sibert Medal, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Children's Nonfiction
publisher: HarperCollins