I Survived True Survivors

I Survived: True Survivors explores high-danger nonfiction topics through the eyes of real kids who lived to tell their stories. In 1939, Werner Blumenthal and his family fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai, China. But there, they discovered the danger was only just beginning...

In this powerful true story about Lauren Tarshis's own relative, twelve-year-old Werner and his family flee Nazi Germany to an unlikely destination: Shanghai, China. When they arrive in the Shanghai ghetto, they find one small room with no running water. Poverty, disease, and fear are widespread, but Werner makes the most of his new surroundings. But when Germany's ally Japan invades China, the Jewish refugees discover they may not be as safe as they believed...

With cliff-hangers at the end of every chapter, illustrations or photos on every page, more photos and facts at the back, and a short word count to hold kids' attention, this narrative nonfiction chapter book is perfect for fans of the I Survived historical fiction chapter books and anyone who enjoys high-action stories of danger, survival, and hope.