The Hidden Girl
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–13 · 2008 · Est. 2 hour read

The Hidden Girl

By Lola Rein Kaufman, Lois Metzger

A girl hides from Nazis, clinging to hope and a cherished dress.

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97 pages· 16,535 words· Est. 2 hour read
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Lola, a Jewish girl, faces the terror of the Holocaust after her mother's death. Forced into hiding, she moves from a Ukrainian woman's home to a dirt hole beneath a barn. With only a dress embroidered by her mother, Lola battles cold, hunger, and the constant threat of discovery. Can she find safety and freedom in a world that has taken everything from her?

From the publisher

A gripping tale of one young girl’s struggle to survive during the Holocaust. When her mother is killed by the Gestapo, a Jewish girl named Lola is sent into hiding. At first, Lola secretly lives in the home of a Ukrainian woman. But when someone threatens to expose her to the Nazis, Lola must flee again, this time hiding with another family in a dirt hole beneath a barn.Struggling against cold and hunger, the hidden family lives under the constant threat of discovery. Lola has lost everything–her home and her family. All she has left is one article of clothing, a dress lovingly embroidered by her mother. Will Lola ever find safety–or freedom?

At a glance
Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pages
97
Words
16,535
Reading age
10–13
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
~731L
Themes & topics
Books about AmericaBooks about historyBooks about the HolocaustBooks about World War IIBooks about hiding
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.7
F&P level
~Q
AR points
2
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
127249
Publication
Published
March 1, 2010
First published
September 1, 2008
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780545200530

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