CW: People taking cyanide pills to avoid slow deaths in the concentration camps. Boy beaten to death. War Crimes. Image of hung person. ( )

The combination of bluetoned illustrations and sparse prose captures the events of Nazi-controlled Warsaw in a not-quite-graphic-novel style. An adolescent boy, Misha, must take increasingly dangerous risks to help his family survive. Historical Note

Intense, pithy very brief account of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of WWII. The illustrations and story spare no grim detail of this effective fictionalization. This title would provide a solid complement to a high school classroom reading of Holocaust literature. ( )

Intense, pithy very brief account of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of WWII. The illustrations and story spare no grim detail of this effective fictionalization. This title would provide a solid complement to a high school classroom reading of Holocaust literature. ( )

It's World War II, and Misha's family, like the rest of the Jews living in Warsaw, has been moved by the Nazis into a single crowded ghetto. Conditions are appalling: every day more people die from disease, starvation, and deportations. Misha does his best to help his family survive, even crawling through the sewers to smuggle food. When conditions worsen, Misha joins a handful of other Jews who decide to make a final, desperate stand against the Nazis.

Heavily illustrated with sober blue-and-white drawings, this powerful novel dramatically captures the brutal reality of a tragic historical event. ( )