Young Max Rosen and his younger sis­ter, Zena, are on their own in a Pol­ish ghet­to after their father is tak­en away by the Nazis. They are starv­ing. Max is injured and his lit­tle sis­ter comes to the res­cue in the for­est, where they also meet their feisty aunt who has become a par­ti­san. This book is print­ed in large print on rough newsprint paper. The pub­lish­er iden­ti­fies the sto­ry for as young as sec­ond grade, but don’t you believe it; it is for fourth or fifth grade and is part of a series that, although sim­pli­fied, is told well and asks the read­er: Do you have what it takes to sur­vive? Oth­er books in the series deal with the Titan­ic, shark attacks, and oth­er tri­als and tribulations. 

Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 9 – 11.