After the War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780689807220)

Didn't the gas ovens finish you all off? is the response that meets Ruth Mendenberg when she returns to her village in Poland after the liberation of Buchenwald at the end of World War II. Her entire family wiped out in the Holocaust, the fifteen-year-old girl has nowhere to go.
Members of the underground organization Brichah find her, and she joins them in their dangerous quest to smuggle illegal immigrants to Palestine. Ruth risks her life to help lead a group of children on a daring journey over half a continent and across the sea to Eretz Israel, using secret routes and forged documents -- and sheer force of will.
This adventure will touch readers, who will marvel at the resources and inner strength of mere children helping other children to find a place in this world in which they can belong. Carol Matas, one of the foremost authors of historical fiction, brings the desperation and passion of this remarkable journey to life.

Author: Carol Matas
ISBN-10: 0689807228
ISBN-13: 9780689807220
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1997
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.17lbs
Size: 7.02h x 4.19w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 17801 / After the War


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/01/1997