Clara's War

By Kathy Kacer

Book Overview

From the Silver Birch Award-winning author of The Secret of Gabi's Dresser.

t's a dangerous time for thirteen-year-old Clara and her family. They have just been imprisoned in Terezin (Terezinstadt), a ghetto in a medieval town near Prague - which was built to show the world how "well" the Nazis were treating Jews during the Second World War. Here Clara encounters hunger, disease and filthy living conditions. Even worse is the constant threat of being deported to concentration camps where the possibility of death awaits her.

In the midst of the horror of these conditions, Clara still makes strong friendships and attends classes. Life in the ghetto takes an unusual turn for the young people when a children's opera, Brundibar, written by an inmate, allows them moments of joy and laughter. With a real escape being planned by Jacob, a family tragedy to confront, and an inspection tour by the Red Cross at hand, Clara has some life-challenging decisions to make. Inspired by real events.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896764428
• ISBN13: 9781896764429
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Second Story Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8

Customer Reviews

Clara's War

Clara's War is a Wonderful book that won The Red Maple Award this year. It is an great Holocast story about a girl named Clara that get sent away from her home to a place very unfamiler and strange to her. This is Clara's new home for the meantime.Overall I loved this book and I HIGHLY RECOMENED that everyone read it.