Advanced
Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for The Missing by Michael Rosen - Available

The Missing

The True Story of My Family in World War II

by Michael Rosen
ebook
1 of 1 copy available
Borrow Read a sample Read a sample

An award-winning author and poet traces the history of his relatives lost in the Holocaust in a personal, powerful narrative with resonance for readers today.
"They were there at the beginning of the war, but they were gone by the end. I suppose they died in the camps."
That's all young Michael Rosen, born in England just after the end of the Second World War, was told about the six great-aunts and great-uncles who had been living in Poland or France at the beginning of that war. This wasn't enough for him. So, as an adult, he started to search. He asked relatives for any papers they might have. He read book after book. He searched online, time and again, as more information was digitized and suddenly there to be found. In a unique mix of memoir, history, and poetry, scholar and children's literature luminary Michael Rosen explores his family history, digging up more details than he ever thought he would and sharing them with readers so that now, a lifetime after the Nazis tried to make the world forget the Rosen family and the rest of Europe's Jews, his readers can do something essential: remember. With an extensive list of titles for further reading, maps of France and Poland, a family tree, and an introduction by lauded author and anthologist Marc Aronson, this immensely readable narrative offers a vital tool for talking to children about the Holocaust against the background of the ongoing refugee crisis.

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Kindle Book

  • Release date: October 20, 2020

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781536216141
  • Release date: October 20, 2020

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781536216141
  • File size: 12316 KB
  • Release date: October 20, 2020
Loading
Loading
1 of 1 copy available

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Family & Relationships History Juvenile Nonfiction Sociology

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:850
Text Difficulty:4-5

An award-winning author and poet traces the history of his relatives lost in the Holocaust in a personal, powerful narrative with resonance for readers today.
"They were there at the beginning of the war, but they were gone by the end. I suppose they died in the camps."
That's all young Michael Rosen, born in England just after the end of the Second World War, was told about the six great-aunts and great-uncles who had been living in Poland or France at the beginning of that war. This wasn't enough for him. So, as an adult, he started to search. He asked relatives for any papers they might have. He read book after book. He searched online, time and again, as more information was digitized and suddenly there to be found. In a unique mix of memoir, history, and poetry, scholar and children's literature luminary Michael Rosen explores his family history, digging up more details than he ever thought he would and sharing them with readers so that now, a lifetime after the Nazis tried to make the world forget the Rosen family and the rest of Europe's Jews, his readers can do something essential: remember. With an extensive list of titles for further reading, maps of France and Poland, a family tree, and an introduction by lauded author and anthologist Marc Aronson, this immensely readable narrative offers a vital tool for talking to children about the Holocaust against the background of the ongoing refugee crisis.

Family & Relationships History Juvenile Nonfiction Sociology

Loading
Check out what's being checked out right now