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Defying odds

Theodore H. Lehman

2014201 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2014
first published
  • 2014Gaon Books · 201 pages · ENGISBN 9781935604631

A historical novel based on the author's experiences as a Jew in Nazi Poland and Germany, from age twelve to eighteen, working in an SS warehouse, then as a laborer at Auschwitz, and finally, escaping the concentration camp, becoming a translator for the U.S. Army.

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AtmosphereBleak
HumourComic

How it reads

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent
Written forMiddle grade

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