Shanghai Escape
by Kathy Kacer
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Pub Date Sep 23 2013 | Archive Date Jan 31 2016
Description
Lily Toufar and her family arrive in Shanghai in 1938, having fled from Vienna on the eve of Kristallnacht. Shanghai is a strange place for this bright young girl. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and under pressure from Hitler, the Japanese government in Shanghai has ordered Jewish refugees to move into a ghetto in an area of Shanghai called Hongkew. There is little food to eat and poor sanitation, and disease is rampant. For Lily, life becomes grueling after her family is forced into the ghetto. Lily endures the difficult conditions, always hopeful for an end to the war and a return to normal life.
Advance Praise
"A good and different addition to Holocaust literature." - School Library Journal
"Its readability factor, insights, emotions and characterization make Shanghai Escape a magnetic book for readers aged nine to thirteen, as well as a great resource for Holocaust and Remembrance Day studies." - CM Magazine
"What is remarkable about this book is that through a young child’s eyes, the history and aura of Shanghai become immediate. The child-reader, identifying with Lily, will gain an understanding of the trials experienced by Lily’s and other Jewish families when they are ordered out of French Town to a filthy, shabby ghetto.... The decision regarding when to introduce Holocaust literature to younger children has been debated for years, but Kathy Kacer makes it plausible to introduce it to readers from grade 3, using her excellent 'A Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers.'" - Jewish Book World
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781927583104 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
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Debbie (Yodamom) F, Reviewer
I thought I knew my Holocaust history fairly well. I studied it, went to museums and lectures but never heard of the Jewish Immigrants that fled Nazi Europe to Shanghai. This amazing middle school book took me on a journey with a little girl of seven torn from her home in Vienna and taken to a far off place where everything was different. Lily, lived in a relatively safe community of other immigrants while semi sectioned off from the ghettos. She had a strong family, a strong community and exceptional parents. Life was never easy, but they adjusted, till Japan started taking control of the area and they listened to Hitlers wishes. Her family was once again torn away from the home they knew to something far worse than any expected.
There are some basic war facts covering events that caused major changes in the wars direction and some harsh realities and deaths. Everything was very well written, with respect and decency. I loved this way of telling history. I was excited to share what I was reading with others all through the story. I will read more in this series.
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