Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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The Safest Lie
by Angela Cerrito
Ages: 9+
Published: 2015
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 978-0-8234-3310-0
Keywords: Jewish Children, Poland, World War II, Holocaust
During World War II, nine-year-old Anna's life changes completely. She has a new non-Jewish identity, is sent out of the Warsaw ghetto, first to a Catholic orphanage and then to a foster home.