The boy who didn't want to die
Lantos, Peter L., 1939-2023
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It's the summer of 1944, and Peter and his family have been on what feels - to a young boy, at least - like an unforgettable adventure. Getting to sleep in a tent, then under the sky, exploring a disused factory, catching butterflies in the meadows - there is a lot to find exciting as this journey progresses. But as bombs fall from the blue sky outside Vienna, Peter realizes this adventure must surely be a nightmare. Along with his parents, he arrives at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp and the horrors they have tried so hard to shield Peter from are now impossible to avoid. But, even in the face of terrible losses and unspeakable hardship, Peter and his mother do not give up. They must never stop trying to get home. An extraordinary true story from a real-life survivor of Bergen-Belsen.
The boy who didn't want to die / Peter Lantos.
Lantos, Peter L., 1939-, author
Gosford, N.S.W. : Scholastic Australia, 2023.©2023
215 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 20 cm.
"A story of love, hope and survival" -- Front cover.
8-12 years old.
9781761299643 (pbk)9781761299643
940.5318940
English
Lantos, Peter L., 1939- -- Juvenile literatureBergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) -- Juvenile literatureHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Juvenile literatureWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literatureWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Juvenile literatureWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Hungarian -- Juvenile literaturePersonal narrativesAutobiographies
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Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Brighton Library | Junior Non-Fiction History | J 940 LAN | Available |