"When the Jewish prisoners of Warsaw Ghetto realize that Nazi atrocities might go unanswered, they courageously risk their lives and resist. . .with just pen and paper as their weapons. In an act of defiance, they write and bury deep underground a complete record of what they endured. After the war, in the rubble left of the ghetto, workers dig up the canisters and share their contents with the world"-- Provided by publisher.
In this true story of courage and defiance, prisoners of the Warsaw Ghetto write and bury deep underground a complete record of what they endured. After the war, Hersh Wasser, the only survivor who knows where the records are buried, leads the effort to recover them.
When the Jewish prisoners of Warsaw Ghetto realize that Nazi atrocities might go unanswered, they courageously risk their lives and resist with just pen and paper as their weapons. In an act of defiance, they write and bury deep underground a complete record of what they endured.
After the war, Hersh Wasser, the only survivor who knows where the records are buried, leads the effort to recover them. Part mystery, part adventure, part tragedy, Under the Rubble tells this courageous, true story as an age-appropriate introduction to the Holocaust.
Elisa Boxer is an Emmy-winning journalist and Sydney Taylor Honor author whose work has been featured in publications includingThe New York Times, Fast Company, and Inc. magazine. Elisa is the author of numerous childrens books, includingOne Turtle's Last Straw (which won the 2024 Maine Chickadee Award) andHidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust, which won the Sydney Taylor Silver Medal, the Maine Literary Award for Best Children's Book, and was aBooklistEditor's Choice pick for 2024. Elisa lives in Scarborough, Maine.
Oksana Drachkovska graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Lviv, Ukraine, majoring in fine arts, she decided to focus on illustration. In 2016, she was granted scholarships from Gaude Polonia (Poland) and SAIA (Slovakia). In 2020, the book she illustrated, A Bunny Who Didnt Jump and His Brave Mother, won Lviv Book Forums award as the best book for children aged 6 to 8. In 2021 and 2022, she was shortlisted for Bologna Book Fairs International Award for Illustration. An illustrator originally from Lviv, Oksanais currently living in Barcelona, Spain.
