{"product_id":"survivors-club-the-true-story-of-a-very-young-prisoner-of-auschwitz-9781250118752","title":"Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling incredible true story of Michael Bornstein--who at age 4 was one of the youngest children to be liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp--and of his family\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Both moving and memorable, combining the emotional resolve of a memoir with the rhythm of a novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1945, in a now-famous piece of World War II archival footage, four-year-old Michael Bornstein was filmed by Soviet soldiers as he was carried out of Auschwitz in his grandmother's arms. \u003ci\u003eSurvivors Club\u003c\/i\u003e tells the unforgettable story of how a father's courageous wit, a mother's fierce love, and one perfectly timed illness saved his life, and how others in his family from Zarki, Poland, dodged death at the hands of the Nazis time and again with incredible deftness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking from his own recollections as well as extensive interviews with relatives and survivors who knew the family, Michael relates his inspirational Holocaust survival story with the help of his daughter, Debbie Bornstein Holinstat. Shocking, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting, this narrative nonfiction offers an indelible depiction of what happened to one Polish village in the wake of the WWII German invasion in 1939.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thoroughly-researched and documented middle grade nonfiction book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York City Public Library Notable Best Book for Teens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wrenching, shocking, and ultimately inspiring memoir, a tale of unrelenting optimism and resilience that is no less than miraculous . . .  \u003ci\u003eSurvivors Club\u003c\/i\u003e] is hauntingly timely.\" --\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Enhanced by meticulous archival research, Bornstein's story unfolds in novelistic form . . . This moving memoir  is] an important witness to the capacity for human evil and resilience.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250118752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e188084 \/ Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Bornstein, Debbie Bornstein Holinstat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648603746460,"sku":"9781250118752","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fcb035c3-3b21-4cd1-94f3-64f3dae74852.jpg?v=1603870522","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/survivors-club-the-true-story-of-a-very-young-prisoner-of-auschwitz-9781250118752","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}