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Daniel’s Story Audiobook
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Daniel barely remembers leading a normal life before the Nazis came to power in 1933. He can still picture once being happy and safe, but memories of those days are fading as he and his family face the dangers threatening Jews in Hitler’s Germany in the late 1930s. No longer able to practice their religion, vote, own property, or even work, Daniel’s family is forced from their home in Frankfurt and sent on a long and dangerous journey, first to the Lodz ghetto in Poland and then to Auschwitz—the Nazi death camp.
Though many around him lose hope in the face of such terror, Daniel, supported by his courageous family, struggles for survival. He finds hope, life, and even love in the midst of despair. Although Daniel is a fictitious character, his story was inspired by the real experiences of many of the more than one million children who died in the Holocaust.
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"I think this book is Phenominal! |ts a sad love story containing facts about the holocaust and i loved it!!!! Daniel and Rosa are the cuttest couple!! |m sooo happy that they end up getting married!!!!!!! "
— Jess (5 out of 5 stars)
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“[Daniel] is a courageous, sensitive, heroic individual who personalizes the events of the Holocaust. His voice rings true.”
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“Daniel emerges as a convincing narrator…The story is an important one that will appeal to young readers.”
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"[Matas] creates a convincing composite youth and experience—fictional but carefully based on survivors’ accounts…An unusual undertaking, effectively carried out.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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Finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award
Daniel’s Story Listener Reviews
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" awesome book and i think everyone should read it. I am a student and i am learning about the holocaust and its a fun unit to learn. Great book!!! "
— sydnie, 11/30/2016 -
" awsome book and i think everyone should read it. I am a student and i am learning about the holocaust and its a fun unit to learn. Great book!!! "
— sydnie, 11/30/2016 -
" this is honestly the BEST book we read in school... EVER!!!!! "
— Kenna, 6/1/2011 -
" I read the book with my class every year. It is great book that shares the holocaust from a young boy's perspective. "
— Shanna, 5/13/2011 -
" this was the first book i ever read that moved me to tears. it's the story of daniel, a jewish teenager during ww2 who survived the concentration camps w/ his father. "
— evelyn, 5/1/2011 -
" My 7th grader had to read this for school. "
— Jodi, 3/24/2011 -
" This book wasn't entirely impressive, but it wasn't bad. The reason its a two star book and not a three star book is because when I read it, I didn't feel anything but disgust. From Holocaust books, I expect more emotion. Other than that, it was a well-written book that wasn't bad. "
— Courtney, 2/27/2011 -
" A great representation of life during the transition of Nazi's power in Germany... Great for all ages! "
— Michelle, 2/6/2011 -
" I thought this was a clear, well told story about life during the Holocaust from the perspective of a young teenaged Jewish boy. Sobering, sad but still with a thread of hope throughout. "
— Michelle, 1/23/2011 -
" Although fictional it gives one of many views of the holocaust. "
— Crow, 9/16/2010
About Carol Matas
Carol Matas is the coauthor, with Perry Nodelman, of the popular Minds series, including Of Two Minds, More Minds, A Meeting of the Minds, and Out of Their Minds. She is also the author of several historical fiction novels for young adults, including After the War, Daniel’s Story, Greater Than Angels, and In My Enemy’s House. Ms. Matas lives in California and Canada with her family.