Title:
Remember my story : a girl, a Holocaust survivor, and a friendship that made history / Claire Sarnowski with Sarah Durand.
ISBN:
9780316592895
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
©2024
Physical Description:
241 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents:
Prologue -- Part One: My Best Friend. A very true story -- Make the world a better place -- Me before alter -- Matzo ball soup and memories -- Face the past -- Can we do more? -- Why does anyone think it's okay? -- Act now -- We need a movement ; Part Two: This Is For Our Future. Light a fire -- Down to business -- The opportunity of a lifetime -- Grateful -- You've got mail! -- Living testimony -- Beautiful emotions -- Straight from the heart -- Empowered to act -- Together as one -- All of us -- Keep fighting -- For you, the world -- A million tears -- Remembered -- Afterword -- Author's note.
Summary:
"In 2018, fourteen-year-old Claire Sarnowski stood with ninety-two-year-old Alter Wiener in front of the Oregon state senate to champion a cause the two friends both believed in: making Holocaust education mandatory in their state's public school curriculum. Theirs was an unexpected friendship-she was in elementary school when they met, and he was an aging Holocaust survivor whose memoir she had read-and together they were going to change the American education system. Alter had spent decades speaking to audiences of all ages and backgrounds about the Holocaust, teaching that "never forgetting" could help spread tolerance and prevent such an atrocity from happening again. But Claire knew hate crimes were still being committed, in her own town and even in her own school. She didn't want Alter's efforts on Holocaust education to be in vain. From strangers to friends to law-changing history makers, Claire and Alter's mission was always simple: Remember this story. This page-turning memoir is a tribute to a man who survived the worst of humanity, an ode to friendship and community, and an empowering call to activism." -- Amazon.com
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Added Author:
Interest age level:
Ages 8-12 Little, Brown and Company.
OCLC Number:
on1367237637
Availability:
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