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Mapping the Bones
by Jane Yolen
Ages: 14+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Philomel Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-399-25778-0
Keywords: Work camps, World War II, Mengele
Twins Chaim and Gittel (an intensely reimagined Hansel and Gretel), separated from their parents, flee through the forest in 1940s Poland to evade Nazi soldiers.