Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II

Rachel's Oma (her grandmother) has two picture albums. In one the photographs show only happy times -- from after World War II, when she and her daughters had come to America. But the other album includes much sadder times from before -- when their life in Germany was destroyed by the Nazis' rise to power.
For as long as Rachel can remember, Oma has closed the other album when she's gotten to the sad part. But today Oma will share it all. Today Rachel will hear about what her grandmother, her mother, and her aunts endured. And she'll see how the power of this Jewish family's love for one another gave them the strength to survive.
Marisabina Russo illuminates a difficult subject for young readers with great sensitivity. Based on the author's own family history, Always Remember Me is a heartbreaking -- and inspiring -- book sure to touch anyone who reads it.

Author: Marisabina Russo
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/01/2005
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.54h x 10.76w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780689869204
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 86657 / Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II


Award: Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Honor Book


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 126
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2005 pg. 459
Christian Home & School 09/01/2005 pg. 28
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 401 - Superior,Well Above Average
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2005 pg. 216
Kirkus Review - Children 03/15/2005 pg. 357
Booklist 03/01/2005 pg. 1190
Publishers Weekly 03/21/2005 pg. 51
Multicultural Review 12/01/2005 pg. 103
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2006 pg. 24

About the Author
Marisabina Russo is the author and illustrator of numerous books for children, including The Line Up Book, which won an International Reading Association Children's Book Award, and Come Back, Hannah!, which was named a Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended book. Always Remember Me is based on the survival story of her own grandmother's family during the Holocaust. Ms. Russo lives in Westchester County, New Yor