JENNIFER ROY

“En 1939 los alemanes invadieron la ciudad de Lodz, Polonia. Obligaron a toda la población judía a vivir en una pequeña parte de la ciudad a la que llamaron ghetto. La rodearon con alambradas y coloc

En 1939 los alemanes invadieron la ciudad de Lodz, Polonia. Obligaron a toda la población judía a vivir en una pequeña parte de la ciudad a la que llamaron ghetto. La rodearon con alambradas y colocaron guardias nazis para que nadie saliera de alli. En el ghetto de Lodz vivian 270.000 personas. En 1945 la guerra termino. Los alemanes se rindieron y el ghetto fue liberado. Del mas de cuarto de millon de personas alli recluidas solo 800 consiguieron salir con vida. Entre los supervivientes unicamente habia doce niños. Yo era uno de esos niños.He aqui la verdadera historia de Syvia Perlmutter. Cuando empezo la segunda guerra mundial tenia cuatro años y medio. Cuando acabo tenia diez. Durante mas de cincuenta años, y al igual que muchos de los supervivientes del Holocausto, Syvia no quiso contar a nadie sus experiencias. Pero a medida que se fue haciendo mayor, se dio cuenta de que habia llegado el momento de contarlo todo. Y para ello escogio a su sobrina, la autora de este libro.La historia que aqui se cuenta es la que refleja en primera persona una niña pequeña, con sus miedos e incertidumbres. Desde una inocencia desgarradora asistimos, siempre con su punto de vista, al traslado de la familia al ghetto, a la adaptacion en las peores circunstancias y al miedo de ser enviados a un campo de concentracion en medio del hambre, los golpes y la humillacion; a una vida cotidiana, en fin, cuya unica premisa se basa en la supervivencia.

Video game villains and real-life dictators dominate daily life for eleven-year-old AliAli Fadhil has very simple likes and dislikes. It is 1991 in Iraq and all Ali wants to do is read his comics and play football and video games. But President Saddam Hussein has other plans. After he invades neighbouring Kuwait, the U.S. and their allies launch Operation Desert Storm to force him out. Over the next forty-three days, Ali and his family would survive bombings, food shortages and constant fear.Cinematic and timely, this is the story of how war changed one boys destiny forever and would one day bring him face to face with Saddam himself at the UN trial.

Its The Princess Diaries meets Mean Girls when eleven-year-old Claire is invited to the royal wedding of the century!Claire Gross, age eleven, might live in sleepy upstate New York, but shes about to be a junior bridesmaid in the wedding of the century! Claires cousin Belle is engaged to the Prince of England, and Claire and her mom are heading to London for the royal ceremony.Getting whisked away on a trans-Atlantic jet and thrown into a whirlwind of wedding activities would be a dream for any other girl, but Claire isnt sure this is a match made in heaven. To make matters worse, another junior bridesmaid seems determined to sabotage the event! Can Claire put aside her own misgivings to save the day? What if theres no such thing as happily ever after?From award-winning author Jennifer Roy, this is a hilarious, heartfelt story about a girl who discovers that fairy tales may not exist, but sometimes theres still a little magic to be found in real life.

In Trading Faces, identical twin sisters Emma (the smart one) and Payton (the popular one) start seventh grade at a brand-new school and discover theyve been assigned entirely different schedulesso when they get sick of their respective cliques, they secretly switch places. What ensues is a hilarious yet poignant romp from middle school to the mall as the twins learn what it means to be true to yourself, even when the rest of the world isnt making it easy.

Payton and Emma are headed for celebrity status in this L.A. adventure!After their adventures in New York City, identical twins Payton and Emma Mills thought life would go back to normal. But when the girls are asked to star in a Teen Sheen shampoo commercial, they cant resistespecially because the shoot is in Hollywood! Suddenly life isnt so normal, especially when it involves Ashlynn (Paytons camp nemesis), a supercute heartthrob singer, and a cutthroat movie star wannabe. When a mix-up at the commercial threatens to shut down production, can Payton, Emma, and their twin-switching ways save the day? Or will they have to say good-bye to Hollywood?

Payton and Emma left a trail of chaos in their wake when they traded faces just for fun. This time theyll switch places to help each other and their friends out of a ginormous mess! Payton is helping out on the middle school musical while Emma puts her brains to use by tutoringmore like twotoringidentical twin boys. But when the boys turn out to be double trouble, Payton and Emmas worlds collide and lead to more middle-school mix-ups and mayhem. In the end, Payton and Emma realize that no matter what, they have each others backs (as well as faces).

When Payton and Emma take on a trio of triplets at the Twin Festival, its doublemake that triplethe twin-switch fun!Emma and Payton are home from Hollywood, but the drama continues: Not only is the Homecoming Dance coming up fast, but theres someone new in school! Three someones, actually: triplets. Oliver, Dexter, and Asher look exactly the same, dress exactly the same, andworsehave exactly the same superior attitude.When the triplets mention theyre participating in a regional Twins & SuperTwins Festival that has a Tweens Division and twin-related contests, Payton and Emma are instantly interested. Emmas been suffering from competition withdrawal ever since Jazmine James managed to get her disqualified from the upcoming science fair, so shes got her game face on. And once Payton convinces Mrs. Burkle that the festival is perfect for a VOGScast field trip, the whole gang takes a road trip and the games really get going. But attempts to take down the triplets threaten to land everyone in hot water. Can Emma and Payton switch their way out of trouble, or are they stuck in a multiples mess?

Identical twin sisters Payton and Emma Mills have traded faces and created twin-dentical chaos at school and at home. But you havent seen anything yet. Payton and Emma are off to twin-vade New York City! Paytons drama club plans a field trip to see an off-Broadway show, and Emmas mathletes team will compete in an elite competition. Sounds twin-tastic! But Payton never imagined the star of the show would be Ashlynn, her old nemesis from summer camp whose chores Payton traded for designer clothes. Are Paytons Summer Slave days coming back to haunt her? Or will she be saved by a flip-flop twin swap? Emma has her own nemesis to faceshe and Jazmine James are on the same team. But teamwork? Not so much. Since Jazmine is in it to win itwill Emma have to twin it? Payton and Emma must do a twins-formation to rescue each other again. And again! (Not again!) Toss in cute boys, crazy triplet poofy Pomeranian stage puppies, and New York City and things get a little twin-sane. Is the big city ready for Payton and Emma! (or is it Emma and Payton?) and their mixed-up mayhem? Which is which in the biggest twin switch yet!