Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Contributors: Erik J. Macki (Translator)
Edition: Tra edition
Publisher: Front Street
Published: October 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781932425840
Subjects: Juvenile Historical Fiction; Juvenile Fiction; Children's All Ages - Fiction - Historical; Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9); Historical - Holocaust; Social Issues - General; Social Issues - Prejudice & Racism; Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance; Clothing trade; Family secrets; Family-owned business enterprises; Fiction
Description: After a school trip to Israel, Johanna discover's that her German grandfather acquired a clothing store during the Nazi regime according to the anti-Semitic laws of the Third Reich rather than starting it himself as her family has always stated. She struggles with whether to keep silent or to question her family's history.