jewish teenagers

Presents a correspondence between two young women living in Jerusalem--Palestinian Amal Rifa'i and Israeli Odelia Ainbinder--in which they discuss their hopes and plans for the future, and share their feelings about the conflict between the Arabs and the Jews.

Examines the stories of children and teen resisters in Europe during the Holocaust, including resistance groups, unarmed resistance, armed resistance in the ghettos and camps, and partisan units.

Discusses children and teens on the run during the Holocaust in Europe, including the different ways young people escaped the Nazis, places of refuge in Europe, and hiding and resistance.

In 1945, after surviving a harrowing year in Auschwitz, fourteen-year-old Elli returns, along with her mother and brother, to the family home, now part of Slovakia, where they try to find a way to rebuild their shattered lives.