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Start giftingDaniel’s Story
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Learn moreDaniel barely remembers leading a normal life before the Nazis came to power in 1933. He can still picture once being happy and safe, but memories of those days are fading as he and his family face the dangers threatening Jews in Hitler’s Germany in the late 1930s. No longer able to practice their religion, vote, own property, or even work, Daniel’s family is forced from their home in Frankfurt and sent on a long and dangerous journey, first to the Lodz ghetto in Poland and then to Auschwitz—the Nazi death camp.
Though many around him lose hope in the face of such terror, Daniel, supported by his courageous family, struggles for survival. He finds hope, life, and even love in the midst of despair. Although Daniel is a fictitious character, his story was inspired by the real experiences of many of the more than one million children who died in the Holocaust.
Carol Matas is the coauthor, with Perry Nodelman, of the popular Minds series, including Of Two Minds, More Minds, A Meeting of the Minds, and Out of Their Minds. She is also the author of several historical fiction novels for young adults, including After the War, Daniel’s Story, Greater Than Angels, and In My Enemy’s House. Ms. Matas lives in California and Canada with her family.
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“[Daniel] is a courageous, sensitive, heroic individual who personalizes the events of the Holocaust. His voice rings true.”
“Daniel emerges as a convincing narrator…The story is an important one that will appeal to young readers.”
"[Matas] creates a convincing composite youth and experience—fictional but carefully based on survivors’ accounts…An unusual undertaking, effectively carried out.”
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