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Eastern Europe Jews, European Jews, Lithuanian Labor camps Comic books, strips, etc Lithuania Lithuania History Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 Comic books, strips, etc Sepetys, Ruta Adaptations Siberia (Russia) History 20th century Comic books, strips, etc Soviet Union History 1925-1953 Comic books, strips, etc Survival Comic books, strips, etcKrimstein, Ken
Summary: When I Grow Up is New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein's new graphic nonfiction book, based on six of hundreds of newly discovered, never-before-published autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish teens on the brink of WWII-found in 2017 hidden in a Lithuanian church cellar. These autobiographies, long thought destroyed by the Nazis, were written as entries for three competitions held in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021