PDF The Big Lie: A True Story Free

PDF The Big Lie: A True Story Free

PDF The Big Lie: A True Story Free
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The Pulitzer Prize 8211 nominated author recounts her Holocaust experience
8212 her imprisonment at Auschwitz and her dramatic escape 8212 in this
book for young readers. As World War II rages in Europe, the fighting seems
far away from Isabella Leitner and her family. Only rumors of Nazi horrors
have reached them, and they feel safe in the small Hungarian town of
Kisvarda. That is, until March 20, 1944 . . . Overnight, Isabella s whole world
changes. Suddenly, she must wear a yellow star, be inside by curfew, and
cannot go back to school. And that s only the beginning. Her family is rounded
up by Nazi soldiers. They are put in cattle cars and taken to Auschwitz, a
death camp in Poland. Only Isabella and three of her sisters are kept together,
the rest of their family is forced to separate parts of the camp. Together, the
four girls face their worst fears 8212 until they get a chance at freedom. The
Big Lie offers a look at history through the eyes of a woman whose strength
and hope helped her overcome the worst of human nature. Leitner s approach
allows readers to appreciate the young Isabella s incomprehension of the Final
Solution even as she generates a coherent and compelling narrative 8221
(Publishers Weekly).