A young Jewish pianist at Auschwitz, desperate to save her family, is chosen to play at the camp commandant’s house. How could she know she would fall in love with the wrong boy? “Look after each other . . . and get home safe. And when you do, tell everyone what you saw and what they did to us.” These are Hanna’s father’s parting words to her and her sister when their family is separated at the gates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Her father’s words — and a black C-sharp piano key hidden away in the folds of her dress — are all that she has left to remind her of life before. Before, Hanna was going to be a famous concert pianist. She was going to wear her yellow dress to a dance. And she was going to dance with a boy. But then the Nazis came. Now it is up to Hanna to do all she can to keep her mother and sister alive, even if that means playing piano for the commandant and his guests. Staying alive isn’t supposed to include falling in love with the commandant’s son. But Karl Jager is beautiful, and his aloofness belies a secret. And war makes you do dangerous things.

Playing for the Commandant

Zail, Suzy

Children's Books

Candlewick

They told her that her body belonged to men and her mind didn’t matter. They were wrong.\n“What if I don’t want to marry?” Lillian held her breath. She had never said the words out loud. “Not want to marry?” Her aunt frowned. “What else would you do?”\nSet in a Ugandan village, Lilian has learned to shrink herself to fit other people’s ideas of what a girl is. In her village a girl is not meant to be smarter than her brother. A girl is not meant to go to school or enjoy her body or decide who to marry. Especially if she is poor.

I Am Change

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Walker Books

Candlewick on Brilliance Audio

Inspired by a true story . . .Lisa's father has six months to live and a story to tell about a boy sent to Auschwitz--a boy who lost everything and started again. It's a story he has kept hidden--until now.But Lisa doesn't want to hear it because she has secrets too. No one at school knows she is Jewish or that her dad is sick, not even her boyfriend.But that's all about to change. And so is she."A powerful Holocaust story of love, loss and hope."--Jayne Josem, Melbourne Holocaust Museum

Inkflower

Historical Fiction

Walker Books Australia

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