Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust (Hardcover)

from molbhall

This book focuses on Dounia Cohen, a Jewish girl forced to escape Paris during World War II. She remembers her experiences and recounts them to her granddaughter in the present. Readers will be able to empathize with Dounia's struggles. The narrative touches on the atrocities of the Holocaust wit...

from Sullywriter

Dounia tells her granddaughter the story of how, as a young Jewish girl in Paris, she was hidden away from the Nazis by a neighbors and friends who risked their lives to keep her alive when her parents had been taken to concentration camps. Unique and touching.

from WhitneyYPL

This graphic novel explains the story of a grandmother telling her grand-daughter of her experiences as a young Jewish girl in Paris. The grandmother had not even spoken to her son of these experiences she endured as a child being hidden from the Nazis. Very well done. Well worth the read. Done i...

from jasonli

What a bold premise: a children's book about being Jewish during World War 2. Not being the target audience, it's hard to judge its impact - are they sugarcoating too much or is it already too honest? Either way, "Hidden" is a brave entrant in a crowded genre.

from abergsman

A gem of a book. My Jewish daughter is starting to explore the history of WWII and the Holocaust. This was an excellent, gentle, book on that subject. It presents an excellent opportunity to open up a dialogue on how a society can open itself up to ignorance and fear, and the importance of standi...