Theme+-+Persecution


 * Novel with Jewish central character / Persecution **

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (also a movie) The Great Gatsby, The shawl The invisible bridge - Julie Orringer Children of freedom - Marc Levy Simon and the oaks - Marianne Frederiksen My name is Asher Lev - Chaim Potok The Chosen by Chaiam Potok Stones in the water by Donna Jo Napoli. It is about an Italian Jewish boy who is conscripted into the Hitler Youth. The cure by Sonia Levitin. A slightly disjointed novel that begins in a supposedly utopian future, but the bulk of it is a well written account of Johannes, a Jewish boy from Strasbourg in the year 1348, when the Jews were unjustly blamed for the onset of the Black Death. Sophies Choice by GAARDER, Jostein And the Graphic Novel "Maus" Broken bridge by Lynne Reid Banks Exodus by Leon Uris

Might be more suitable for Intermediate: No Pretty Pictures - Anita Lobel (Superb) Ashes By Kathryn Lasky <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Judith Kerr When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Clara's War - Clara Kramer (more of a memoir)