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Ballerina of Auschwitz, The
Dr. Edith Eva Eger, with Esmé Schwall, edited by Jordan Engle
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing/S & S
ISBN: 978-1-6659-5255-2
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-Families, Hungary, gymnastics, Czechoslovakia, genocide, cruelty, inhumanity, antisemitism
With grit and humanity, Edie, an accomplished gymnast-dancer, and her sister Magda survive the horrors of Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Young readers edition of The Choice. Mature content