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128 pp.
| Pelican
| May, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-1-58980-647-4$12.95
(4)
4-6
Illustrated by
Emile Henriquez.
While on a class trip, Toby and her friend Donna visit Yad Vashem, Jerusalem's Holocaust History Museum. There they learn about the "Righteous Among the Nations": gentiles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. Although the writing is bland and the story frame artificial, the true histories of these brave people, shown in black-and-white sketches, will hold readers' attention. Bib., glos.