Can Yanek make it through the terror without losing his hope, his will, and, most of all, his sense of who he really is inside?Based on an astonishing true story. He just barely escapes death, only to confront it again seconds later. The B-3087 of the title refers to the number that was tattooed on Jack Gruener’s wrist in the Nazi camps, where prisoners became numbers instead of names. Prisoner B-3087 is a book I would unhesitatingly recommend to anyone that reads about the Holocaust, and as a book for older teens it is a powerful educational tool - Yanek's story is so unbelivable and yet Alan Gratz brings it alive on the page. You have successfully joined Alan's newsletter list!Yanek Gruener is a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland when the Nazis invade. “Gratz ably conveys Yanek’s incredulity, fatalism, yearning, and determination in the face of the unimaginable.
Subjects: Gruener, Jack > Juvenile fiction. At any cost. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner, his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087.He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. This novel guide includes over 50 questions for comprehension and critical thinking. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him.
This book is based on … Yanek is a ten year old boy living with his family in Krakow, Poland. Publisher: Scholastic Press (March 1, 2013) ISBN-13: 978-0545459013.
And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner, his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087.He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. Prisoner B-3087. 10 different encounters with death.Can Yanek make it through the terror without losing his hope, his will, and, most of all, his identity?Based on the astonishing true story of one extraordinary boy.“Heartbreaking, gripping, raw, and emotional…storytelling at its finest.”“A good starting point for students unfamiliar with the Holocaust. Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz is the incredible story of one Jewish boy's survival through ten different concentration camps and two death marches. Prisoner B-3087 . What to Expect: War, Loss of family, Persecution, Survival. Hardcover: 272 pages. Prisoner B-3087 / by Alan Gratz. At any cost.10 concentration camps.10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly.It's something no one could imagine surviving. The book is an appropriate reading level for middle grade and middle school students, but the content itself is difficult.
But all of a sudden his family are split apart from each other after the Germans invade Poland and take control. Thank you! Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.
Yanek Gruener is a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland when the Nazis invade.
But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face.As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Pair it with Doreen Rappaport’s 2014-2015 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Winner“A bone-chilling tale not to be ignored by the universe.”Through Gratz’s spare, persistent prose, the story of the boy’s early life unfolds with the urgency and directness necessary for survivor stories. He encounters evil he could have never imagined, but also sees surprising glimpses of hope amid the horror. Everything he has and everyone he loves is brutally taken from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner, his arm tattooed with the number 10 different concentration camps. Survive.
Age Range: 10 – 14 years. Everything he has and everyone he loves is brutally taken from him.