Something Remains - Hardcover

Barth-Grozinger, Inge

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786838809 ISBN 13: 9780786838806

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006

Synopsis

At the onset of the Nazi era, Erich Levi is shunned and ridiculed by his friends, teachers, and the Hitler Youth boys due to his Jewish heritage, and, discovering that there are still good people in this world, hangs on to his hopes and dreams in a country on the brink of war.

About this title

About the Author:

Inge Barth-Grzinger is agymnasium(high school) teacher in Ellwangen, Germany.Something Remainsgrew out of an eighteen-month research project she conducted with her students, tracing the Jewish community of their town and school. It was the story of one student in particular, Erich Levi,that inspired Ms. Grozinger to write this novel.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8–Erich Levi lives in a small German town at the early stages of the Nazi regime. A well-respected business family, the Levis have always had friends and good relations in their community. Soon after the government's takeover, they begin to experience subtle and then obvious forms of harassment and prejudice both in school and in their everyday dealings with neighbors. Life becomes increasingly more dangerous for Erich, his brother Max, and their cousin Erwin. While life is indeed difficult, the day-by-day portrayal of each additional hardship during the years 1933-1938 becomes a bit tedious. Forced but fortunate to escape to America, the Levis' wartime experience, while cruel and unjust, provides a view into the early days of a Jewish family's struggle to maintain their patriotism and loyalty despite the obvious pressures of religious discrimination and unjustified brutality. This fictionalized window into what are becoming myriad choices in Holocaust literature for young people is an additional purchase.–Rita Soltan, Youth Services Consultant, West Bloomfield, MI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0786838809
• ISBN 13: 9780786838806
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400