Hidden Child

Isaac Millman

Frances Foster Books

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A powerful story of survival, loss, and hope

Isaac was seven when the Germans invaded France and his life changed forever. First his father was taken away, and then, two years later, Isaac and his mother were arrested. Hoping to save Isaac’s life, his mother bribed a guard to take him to safety at a nearby hospital, where he and many other children pretended to be sick, with help from the doctors and nurses. But this proved a temporary haven. As Isaac was shuttled from city to countryside, experiencing the kindness of strangers, and sometimes their cruelty, he had to shed his Jewish identity to become Jean Devolder. But he never forgot who he really was, and he held on to the hope that after the war he would be reunited with his parents.

After more than fifty years of keeping his story to himself, Isaac Millman has broken his silence to tell it in spare prose, vivid composite paintings, and family photos that survived the war.

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Approximately 1,200,000 Jewish children were deported and murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Holocaust of World War II. Most of those who survived did so by being sent into hiding. Some were hidden with other Jews. Some went to convents and monasteries; others were hidden on farms or taken in by non–Jewish families and individuals. My name is Isaac Sztrymfman, and I was a hidden child.

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"This poignant account is a must."  -- Starred, Booklist
 
"Powerful use of color and composition.  [Millman's] writing is smooth and direct.  A must."  -- Starred, Kirkus Reviews
 
“We feel his desolation intensely, yet also feel the bravery of most of the ordinary people . . . who took in children.”  —Chicago Tribune
 
“Stirring.”  —Washington Post Book World
 
"An excellent example of storytelling that is truthful, poetic and authentic."  -- The New York Times Book Review
 
"An extraordinary book and a moving tribute to those who vanished." —Starred, Publishers Weekly
 
"Millman's direct, evocative language touches on the emotions of his past without overembellishing."  -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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About the Author

Isaac Millman

Isaac Millman is the author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed Moses Goes to a Concert and its sequels. He lives with his wife in New York City.

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Hidden Child
Isaac Millman
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IRA Notable Books for a Global Society, Children's Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library, NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, Booklinks Lasting Connection, Booklist Editors' Choice, South Carolina Children's Book Award Master List, Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Frances Foster Books
September 2005
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780374330712
ISBN10: 0374330719
Middle-Grade Nonfiction
8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 80 pages, Full-color pictures, black-and-white photographs; Afterword
Age Range: 10 and up
Grade Range: 5 and up Information for Librarians

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Lexile: 860L
AR Quiz Number: 129368
AR Book Level: 3.7
AR Points: 11

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