Run and Hide

Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 And Up

Run and Hide will be a nonfiction book in the graphic novel style of In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers and The Unwanted. Run and Hide will follow the stories of Jewish children, separated from their parents, who escaped the horrors of the Holocaust.

In the tightening grip of Hitler’s power, towns, cities, and ghettos were emptied of Jews. Unless they could escape, Jewish children would not be spared their deadly fate in the Holocaust, a tragedy of unfathomable depth. Only 11 percent of the Jewish children living in Europe before 1939 survived the Second World War.Run and Hide tells the stories of these children, forced to leave their homes and families, as they escaped certain horror. Some children flee to England by train. Others are hidden from Nazis, sometimes in plain sight. Some are secreted away in attics and farmhouses. Still others make miraculous escapes, cresting over the snow-covered Pyrenees mountains to safety.Acclaimed nonfiction storyteller Don Brown brings his expertise for journalistic reporting to the deeply felt personal narratives of Jewish children who survived against overwhelming odds.

About the Author

Don Brown is a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction and two-time Sibert Honor Award–winning creator of nonfiction teen graphic novels. Praised for his resonant storytelling and evocative, delicate watercolor paintings, Brown "has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies," says School Library Journal. He lives in New York. Visit him at www.booksbybrown.com and on Instagram @donsart.