Awards and HonorsBooklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Best Teen Nonfiction
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 9–12
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Nonfiction
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education, 2016 Best Children’s Books of the Year, History
The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp
Now mostly forgotten, Breendonk, in Belgium, was a notorious Nazi prison camp. Numerous archival and contemporary photographs help tell the story of Breendonk’s victims. Maps. Glossary. Afterword. Appendices. Quotation sources. Bibliography. Index. Color and black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and reproductions of archival materials.
Title alpha The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp
Level History High
Pages Count 352
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Breendonk concentration camp. Belgian concentration camps. World War II (1939 -1945). Belgium. Prisoners and prisons. Biography of concentration camp prisoners.
SRC Level 10.400000
SRC Points 14.000000
Lexile 1100L
Trim Size 6" x 9"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2015-08-03
JLG Release Date Jul 2015
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
History - High (Grades 9 & Up)
History High
History - High (Grades 9 & Up)
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