In 1933, on the eve of World War II, Europe was home to 9 million Jews. By 1945, when the war ended, Nazi Germany had systematically slaughtered 6 million of these innocent people, including 1 million children. Now, more than six decades later, Sam Silberberg invites his young readers to journey back with him to the terrifying years of his youth in Nazi-occupied Poland, when staying alive meant using street smarts beyond his years and, ultimately, making a decision that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Through Sam's feisty narrative, his readers become eyewitnesses to the Second...