Hungarian Canadian author Kathy Clark will launch her book about the Holocaust for young readers, The Choice, at the Beaverbrook branch of the Ottawa Public Library (2500 Campeau Drive, Kanata), on Saturday, April 18, at 11:30 a.m.
The Choice by Kathy Clark, Second Story Press, Toronto, 2015. A Holocaust remembrance book for young readers.
Publisher Second Story Press describes the book as “a story of consequences, friendship, and a young man’s search for identity.”
The Hungarian Free Press reports, “〈Ms. Clark’s〉 new book, The Choice, explores the Holocaust through the eyes of 13 year old Hendrik, who lives in Budapest during the War, but whose family has concealed their Jewish identity, pretending instead to be Catholics, so as to avoid persecution. Hendrik, however, ends up revealing that his real name is Jakob and that his family is Jewish, thus putting himself and his parents at risk. Ms. Clark’s book explores Auschwitz through Hendrik’s eyes.”
This is a story every child should hear.
To read more about the author and her first book, The Guardian Angel, read the Hungarian Free Press article, Hungarian Canadian author launches children’s book on Holocaust.
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