The true story of one girl's fight for survival against the unspeakable terror of Auschwitz -
an important and sensitive retelling. Tova Friedman was just five years old when she and her
mother were sent to a Nazi labour camp. She turned six in Auschwitz. At twelve she was on her
way to America ready to start a new life and tell her tale of survival. From the destruction
of the Jewish ghetto in central Poland where she lived as a young girl to the dark days of
the camps and eventual liberation by Russian forces in 1945 Tova's story is one of incredible
courage resilience bravery and the enduring power of hope. Her extraordinary journey - told
in the bestselling The Daughter of Auschwitz - is reimagined here for young readers with
respected children's author Hilary Freeman. It includes historical context about the Second
World War and the Holocaust an afterword that contextualises Tova's later life and work
campaigning against antisemitism and a Q&A section featuring the questions she's most
frequently asked about her story. An extraordinary true account that will help young readers
understand the scale of what happened and why it must never happen again. ** For readers of
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Diary of Anne Frank . An extraordinary retelling of the
Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling The Daughter of Auschwitz : 'Should be
compulsory reading... Remarkable' - John Humphrys 'Unforgettable and deeply moving' - Jeremy
Bowen
