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Simon's escape

by Bonnie Pryor · 2010

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Simon, a young Polish Jew, and his family are forced by Nazis to leave their home for the filth and hunger of the Warsaw ghetto then, when his family is all taken away, he escapes to fight for survival in the countryside. Includes facts about the Holocaust.

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Themes
JewishJewishMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisHolocaustHolocaustMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisPolandPolandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 160 pages

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