The only book of its type ever written by a civilian permitted to ride along and observe working members on the front lines. In addition to the colourful history of the Mounted Police, it offers an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the RCMP in action; real-life policing situations an...
Written by the talented Rebecca Roanhorse,Race to the Sunuses Navajo mythology in an epic quest full of danger and trials. Main characer Nizhoni, a 7th grader who wants to be special, finds herself able to sense monsters — a gift which becomes crucial when her father goes missing. Accompa...
Book By Holocaust Survivor Chronicles Escape Through DrawingsMelanie Burney
Balson | Book Reviews, Crime Fiction, Fiction | Tagged: Holocaust, Jewish | Permalink Posted by Stacy Alesi THE ONE MAN by Andrew Gross August 24, 2016 Click to purchase Andrew Gross has written probably the most moving novel that I have read. To say that it is an emotional roller ...
Nightwas written by Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust who was sent to Auschwitz with his family. Like many of the prisoners in Auschwitz, they were imprisoned solely because they were Jewish. His mother and sister died in Auschwitz, and his father died after they were sent to Buchenw...
By Rachmiel Frydland. Rachmiel Frydland was a Talmudic scholar who was versed in no fewer than ten languages, and who studied in the Yeshivot in Poland. He was a Holocaust survivor who recognized Jesus as the Messiah and went on to teach, and write and present the claims of Jesus from...
He considers his father a traitor and thinks he has betrayed his country by painting the slurs that were written on the shops owned by Jews. He rushes out of home in anger with spitting abuses for his father. At the birthday they parade in the town and after that books, pamphlets, ...
The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia McKillip For such a short trilogy (each book barely clears 300 pages in paperback form), this is an incredibly deep and well-written classic of fantasy. If nothing else, this should get the prize for having one of the most incredibly unpronouncable ...
Dear Edwardby Ann Napolitano A new release based on a true event about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a commercial plane crash. The narrative alternates between following characters on the plane in the moments leading up to the crash and moving forward with Edward through the...
In a departure from Balson’s previous novels, much of the story is told in the first person, befitting a book inspired by a Holocaust survivor’s true story. Readers who crave more books likeOnce We Were BrothersandThe Nightingaleby Kristin Hannah will be enthralled byKarolina’s Twins. ...