Mara's Stories: Glimmers in the Darkness
by Gary D. Schmidt
Published by Square Fish (2008)
160 pages; ages 12+
Synopsis: Gary D. Schmidt tells the true story of his grandmother, a Polish Jew, during the Holocaust. Every night Mara sits down with children on her lap and surrounded by adults while she tells stories about rabbis and other Jews in their fight for survival. Mara tells both stories with good and stories with bad endings in an attempt to ease the burdens of the camp while still teaching of the injustice and the awfulness of the Holocaust.
Genre: Death/Violence; Multicultural; Adventure; Religious; Holocaust; Nonfiction
Warning: mild depictions of Holocaust cruelty
Recommendations: Incantation by Alice Hoffman; The Book Thief by Markus Zusak; The Night Journey by Kathryn Lasky; Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse; Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Mara's Stories: Glimmers in the Darkness
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