• Age: 9 to 13
• Grade: 4 to 8
• Reading age: 9 to 12

The remarkable true story of a young girl named Edith and the French village of Moissac that helped her and many other children during the Holocaust. The town's mayor and citizens concealed the presence of hundreds of Jewish children who lived in a safe house, risking their own safety by hiding the children from the Nazis in plain site, saving them from being captured and detained and most certainly saving their lives.

 

Kathy Kacer est une auteure primée qui a écrit de nombreux livres sur l'holocauste pour les jeunes lecteurs, dont The Magician of Auschwitz, L'histoire d'Edith, Le journal de Sara et Les espions de la nuit. Elle s'estime honorée de contribuer à faire connaître l'histoire familiale de Jenny Kay Dupuis. Kathy vit avec sa famille à Toronto.

 

Kathy Kacer has won many awards for her writing, including the American Jewish Library Association Award. In 1999, she wrote the first book in Second Story's Holocaust Remembrance Series, The Secret of Gabi's Dresser. Since then, she's penned four other books in the series. Kacer now writes about the Holocaust for young readers and travels the country speaking about it. Kacer lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her family.

Kathy Kacer's profile page

• Winner, Yad Vashem Prize for Holocaust Literature
• Short-listed, Ontario Library Association - Golden Oak Award
• Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award: Alberta Children’s Choice
• Winner, Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award
• Winner, Ontario Library Association – Silver Birch Award (Non-Fiction)
• Commended, Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award – A Notable Book for Older Readers
• Short-listed, Canadian Library Association "Book of the Year for Children"
• Winner, Olive Branch Book Award (Non-Fiction)
• Commended, Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-fiction

"This book is quite interesting and the photos provide another layer of education. The author did an excellent job in telling the story of Edith Schwalb Gelbard."

Holocaust Resources Blog

"The story is told in an engaging style and manages to present this dark period of history in a clear, interesting manner."

Geist

"Kacer expands upon her brilliant use of the Holocaust theme, found in The Secret of Gabi's Dresser and Clara's War."

Voice (Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario)

"Kacer has made an engaging, intelligent story out of many hours of interviews with Edith Schwalb."

Toronto Star

"Kacer makes a difficult topic manageable for young readers, avoiding graphic horrors without trivializing the events."

Resource Links

"Facts about the Holocaust are presented deftly for young readers and are supplemented with black and white photos."

Kliatt

"…this account of survivors uses the truth of a young child's viewpoint to move readers and bring history close."

Booklist

"It is a tale that needed to be told, and told it is."

The Globe and Mail

"Edith's story stands out for its child-eyed perspective recounted in an easily readable, intriguing narrative."

Kirkus Reviews

"Winning the Yad Vashem prize is a huge honor for Kathy and a source of great pride for Second Story Press and the Israeli publisher of the book, Schocken."

Lifestyletom.com

H Hiding Edith: A True Story

A young Jewish girl is caught up in the Nazi invasions of World War II, and always hiding. Who can help her? This is a touching, inspiring and heartbreaking true story.