Prisoner B-3087

By Alan Gratz, Ruth Gruener, Jack Gruener

A boy endures ten concentration camps, clinging to hope amidst horror.

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272 pages· 45,477 words· Est. 5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Yanek Gruener, a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, faces unimaginable horrors as he's forced through ten concentration camps during the Holocaust. Stripped of everything he loves, Yanek's survival hinges on his resilience and hope. Amidst the brutality, he encounters unexpected moments of humanity. Can he endure the relentless terror without losing his identity? Based on a true story, this gripping tale explores the depths of human endurance and the flickers of hope that can light even the darkest times.

From the publisher

Survive. At any cost.10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It’s something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face. As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner – his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087. He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. He encounters evil he could have never imagined, but also sees surprising glimpses of hope amid the horror. He just barely escapes death, only to confront it again seconds later. Can Yanek make it through the terror without losing his hope, his will – and, most of all, his sense of who he really is inside? Based on an astonishing true story.

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