Holocaust


 * Many people like to read stories about people's experiences during the Holocaust. This list of novels is based around the Jewish experience during World War II. Much of it makes fairly heavy reading, but these books are often characterised by stories of survival and hope.**







Ashes - Kathryn Lasky The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank The Book Thief - Markus Zusak The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne If I Should Die Before I Wake - Han Nolan Milkweed - Jerry Spinelli Once - Morris Gleitzman Then - Morris Glietzman Schindler's Ark - Thomas Keneall When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr Torn Thread - Anne Isaacs The Children's War - Monique Charlesworth The Diary of Laura's Twin - Kathy Kacer Emil and Karl - Jacob Glatstein The Empty House - Claude Gutman Malka - Mirjam Pressler The Manuscript - Eva Zeller