Shadow Of The Wall

A novel about risk and endurance as 14 year-old Misha struggles to stay alive in a Warsaw ghetto under Nazi rule.

An English author of historical fiction for young people, Christa Laird has been consistently praised for writing moving, thought-provoking works that successfully blend real facts, people, and events with invented characters and situations. Recognized for her thorough research, Laird is noted for including an abundance of accurate information about the periods she depicts as well as prefaces and postscripts that provide further resources.

It's spring 1942, and life in the Warsaw ghetto is hard and often brutal with the Jews subject to beatings and execution at the lands of the hated SS. Young Misha lives at the Orphans' Home run by the heroic Dr. Korczak. But the time is fast approaching when Misha must prove himself a hero too. . .

Christa Laird

This story is a true page-turner and is a wonderful way for modern teenagers to learn about what life was like in a Europe torn apart by war and conquered by a brutal dictatorship.

An escape route through the sewers of Warsaw Ghetto has led Misha to the partisans on the other side of the wall. Yet as he tried to cheat and beat the Nazi regime, he finds his nerve-racking new existence spiked with as much fear and danger as the past. Misha is playing a deadly game, but the prize is his life...

Beyond The Wall

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This story is a true page-turner and is a wonderful way for modern teenagers to learn about what life was like in a Europe torn apart by war and conquered by a brutal dictatorship.

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