Prisoner B-3087

Alan Gratz, Ruth Gruener, Jack Gruener

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Scholastic US
01 June 2013

Historical fiction (Children's&YA); Young Adult

Ten concentration camps. Ten different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no-one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face.

As a Jewish boy in 1930s' Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has-and everyone he loves-been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner-his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087.

He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another as World War II rages all around him. He encounters evil he could have never imagined, but also sees surprising glimpses of hope amid the horror. He barely escapes death, only to confront it again seconds later.

Can Yanek make it through the terror without losing his hope, his will-and, most of all, his sense of who he really is inside?

Based on an astonishing true story.

By: Alan Gratz, Ruth Gruener, Jack Gruener
Imprint: Scholastic US
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780545459013
ISBN 10: 054545901X
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
Recommended Age: From 10 to 14 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alan Gratz is the acclaimed author of several books for young readers, including Prisoner B-3087, which was named to YALSA's 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults list; Code of Honor, a YALSA 2016 Quick Pick; and The Brooklyn Nine, which was among Booklist's Top Ten Sports Books. Alan lives in North Carolina with his wife and daughter. Look for him online at www.alangratz.com. Ruth Gruener was born Aurelia Gamser in 1930s Poland. Ruth and her parents survived the Holocaust by hiding in the homes of gentile families. After World War II was over, Ruth and her family moved to the United States, where Ruth tried to start an ordinary teenage life in Brooklyn. Ruth is married to Jack Gruener, another Holocaust survivor, and they have two children and four grandchildren. Ruth and Jack live in Mill Basin, Brooklyn, and Ruth works as a docent at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in downtown Manhattan. She and Jack travel all over the country to speak to schools about their experiences in the Holocaust

Reviews for Prisoner B-3087

Praise for Prisoner B-3087: A Junior Library Guild SelectionGolden Sower Award, 2014-2015 Winner NebraskaIsinglass Teen Read Award, 2014-2015 Winner New HampshirePennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award, 2014-2015 Winner PennsylvaniaJunior Book Award, 2015-2016 Winner South CarolinaGrand Canyon Reader Award, 2015-2016 Winner ArizonaTruman Readers Award, 2015-2016 Winner MissouriReaders Choice Awards, Winner 2015-2016 Virginia Volunteer State Book Award Winner, 2015-2016 Tennessee""A powerful story, well told."" -- School Library Journal""A bone-chilling tale not to be ignored."" -- Kirkus Reviews""[A] remarkable survival story."" -- Booklist""Gratz ably conveys . . . fatalism, yearning, and determination in the face of the unimaginable."" -- Publishers Weekly""Heartbreaking, gripping, raw, and emotional . . . storytelling at its finest."" -- VOYA