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Book

The ballerina of Auschwitz

Call Number

  • 921 E292.1 TEEN (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

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Edition

Young adult edition ; First edition.

Publication Information

New York, New York : Atheneum, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2024]

Physical Description

182 pages : illustration ; 22 cm

Audience

Ages 12 up Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Uniform Title

Choice

Summary

"Edie is a talented dancer and skilled gymnast with hopes of making the Olympics. Between her rigorous training and her struggle to find her place in a family where she's considered the daughter "with brains but no looks," Edie's too busy to dwell on the state of the world. But life in Hungary in 1943 is dangerous for a Jewish girl. Just as Edie falls in love for the first time, Europe collapses into war, and Edie's family is forced onto a train bound for the Auschwitz concentration camp. Even in that darkest of moments, Edie's beloved, Eric, kindles hope. "I'll never forget your eyes," he tells her through the slats of the cattle car. Auschwitz is horrifying beyond belief, yet through starvation and unthinkable terrors, dreams of Eric sustain Edie. Against all odds, Edie and her sister Magda survive, thanks to their sisterhood and sheer grit. In this young adult edition of her bestselling, award-winning memoir The Choice, renowned psychologist and Holocaust survivor Dr. Edith Eger gives readers a gift of hope and strength"--

Notes

"Young adult edition of The Choice."

"This young readers edition is adapted from The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger, published by Scribner in 2017"--Title page verso.

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