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In a shockingly honest narrative, a former prisoner-of-war tells how her family, along with ten thousand other Dutch residents living in the Dutch East Indies were shipped off to interment camps where food rationing, terrible sanitary conditions, and an uncertain future were the norms for more than three years.

ISBN13: 9780743266246. ISBN10: 0743266242. by Helene Cooper. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc.. Edition: 08

Pages: 272, Edition: 1st Paper Ed. of Complete Text, Paperback, Schaffner Press, Inc.

Pages: 261, Hardcover, University Press Ltd ,Bangladesh

A beautifully-written 6 page creative essay in which the writer describes a vivid childhood memory of summers spent with siblings in the country. An excellent model for anyone learning to write descriptively. Request a FREE excerpt before you order !

The author recounts her childhood experiences as a Japanese prisoner during World War II.

Hardcover. San Diego, New York, London, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Spotting last few pages and fore edge.

Pages: 4, Digital, Scholastic, Inc.

Pages: 7, Digital, Mississippi State University

This is the true story of Nechama Tec, whose family found refuge with Polish Christians during the Holocaust. Dry Tears is a dramatic tale of how an eleven-year-old child learned to pass in the forbidding Christian world and a quietly moving coming-of-age story. This book is unique celebration of the best human qualities that surface under the worst conditions.

Overview Details Customer Reviews As a little Dutch girl in Indonesia, Annelex Hofstra's comfortable world was torn apart when she and her family were sent to Japanese prison camps for three and a half years. Now she breaks her 60-year silence to tell a riveting story of life in those camps. Her story provides hope for young lives torn apart by war, and inspires future generations to work for peace. Ages 10 and upHardcover112 pages5 1/2 x 8 1/4"© 2008 Related topics Expand World War II...

Describes six years in the life of a daring and resourceful Polish Jewish boy and his family, who survived the Holocaust by using false papers and posing as Catholics.

A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor’s examining table, missing yet another day of school. Just twelve, she’s tall, skinny, and weak. It’s four o’clock, and she hasn’t been allowed to eat anything all day. Her mother, on the other hand, seems curiously excited. She's about to suggest open-heart surgery on her child to "get to the bottom of this." She checks her teeth for lipstick and, as the doctor enters, shoots the girl a warning glance. This child will not ruin her...

Description Table of Contents Author Bios A story of a young Jewish girl's coming of age during the tragic years of the Holocaust."Dry Tears moves me beyond words....[It] conveys an immediate sense of what [living under the Holocaust] was like, and does so strongly, even nobly, without a trace of self-pity....My admiration has no bounds."--Robert K. Merton, Columbia University"Render[s] with such honest yet compassionate detail the struggle of Jews to 'pass' as Christians among anti-Semitic people...

A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor’s examining table, missing yet another day of school. Just twelve, she’s tall, skinny, and weak. It’s four o’clock, and she hasn’t been allowed to eat anything all day. Her mother, on the other hand, seems curiously excited. She's about to suggest open-heart surgery on her child to "get to the bottom of this." She checks her teeth for lipstick and, as the doctor enters, shoots the girl a warning glance. This child will not ruin her...

Pages: 94, Edition: 0, Paperback, iUniverse, Inc.