{"product_id":"prisoner-b-3087","title":"Prisoner B-3087","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Based on the true story by Ruth and Jack Gruener.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBased on the true story by Ruth and Jack Gruener.;While the story of Jack Gruener is true--and remarkable--this book is a work of fiction. As an author I've taken some liberties with time and events to paint a fuller and more representative picture of the Holocaust as a whole.--Afterword.;Includes a biographical afterword (pp. 257-260).;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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlan Gratz is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of several highly acclaimed books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eHeroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo Degrees\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGround Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAllies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrenade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRefugee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Projekt 1065\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrisoner B-3087\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCode of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCaptain America: The Ghost Army\u003c\/i\u003e, an original graphic novel. Alan lives with his family in the Pacific Northwest. Look for him online at alangratz.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuth Gruener was born Aurelia Gamser in 1930s Poland. Ruth and her parents survived the Holocaust by hiding in the homes of Gentile families. After World War II was over, Ruth and her family moved to the United States, where Ruth tried to start an ordinary teenage life in Brooklyn. Ruth married Jack Gruener, another Holocaust survivor, with whom she lived in Brooklyn until Jack's passing in 2017. They have two children and four grandchildren. Until her death in 2021, Ruth worked as a docent at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in downtown Manhattan and traveled all over the country to speak to schools about her and Jack's experiences in the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Jack Gruener's true life story was the inspiration for \n\u003ci\u003ePrisoner B-3087\u003c\/i\u003e. Born and raised in Poland, Jack survived the Holocaust as a young boy and eventually came to America. He married fellow Holocaust survivor Ruth Gruener, and they became authors and advocates. Jack passed away in 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePrisoner B-3087\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGolden Sower Award, 2014-2015 Winner Nebraska\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsinglass Teen Read Award, 2014-2015 Winner New Hampshire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award, 2014-2015 Winner Pennsylvania\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJunior Book Award, 2015-2016 Winner South Carolina\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrand Canyon Reader Award, 2015-2016 Winner Arizona\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTruman Readers Award, 2015-2016 Winner Missouri\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders Choice Awards, Winner 2015-2016 Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolunteer State Book Award Winner, 2015-2016 Tennessee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A powerful story, well told.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A bone-chilling tale not to be ignored.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[A] remarkable survival story.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gratz ably conveys . . . fatalism, yearning, and determination in the face of the unimaginable.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heartbreaking, gripping, raw, and emotional . . . storytelling at its finest.\" -- VOYA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e From Alan Gratz, the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRefugee\u003c\/i\u003e, comes this wrenching novel about one boy's struggle to survive ten concentration camps during the Holocaust. Based on the inspiring true life story of Jack Gruener.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's something no one could imagine surviving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut it is what Yanek Gruener has to face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner -- his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. He encounters evil he could have never imagined, but also sees surprising glimpses of hope amid the horror. 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