W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Daniel Half Human /

Chotjewitz, David, 1964- , author.

Daniel Half Human / Daniel Halber Mensch Daniel Half Human: and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz ; translated by Doris Orgel. - First Simon Pulse edition - New York : Simon Pulse, 2006, c2004. - 325 pages ; 18 cm

In 1933, best friends Daniel and Armin admire Hitler, but as anti-Semitism buoys Hitler to power, Daniel learns he is half Jewish, threatening the friendship even as life in their beloved Hamburg, Germany, is becoming nightmarish. Also details Daniel and Armin's reunion in 1945 in interspersed chapters.

Grades 9 - 12
Grade level Equivalent: 5.6
Lexile MeasureĀ®: 740L Teen / young adult.

ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 2005 Batchelder Honor, 2005

9780689857485 0689857489

2006277083


Nazis--Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction
Best friends--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
World War (1939-1945)--Fiction.
Jews--History--Germany--1933-1945--Fiction.


Germany--History--1933-1945--Fiction.


FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II.

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