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The Brushmaker's Daughter

The Brushmaker's Daughter

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It is 1939 in Berlin, Germany, and twelve-year-old Lillian and her Papa are on the run from Nazi soldiers. Because they are Jewish, they are in danger of being arrested and put in prison. Lillian's father is blind and it seems no one is willing to help them, until they meet Otto Weidt. Mr. Weidt runs a factory that makes brushes for the Nazi army, and his secret is that he employs blind Jewish workers. Lillian soon learns that Otto Weidt is determined to keep her, Papa, and all the Jewish workers safe. But will he be able to? Inspired by a true story.
Kathy Kacer

Author Bio

KATHY KACER’s award-winning list of Holocaust fiction and non-fiction for young readers includes The Secret of Gabi’s Dresser (winner of the OLA Silver Birch Award), The Diary of Laura’s Twin (winner of the National Jewish Book Council Award [US] and the Canadian Jewish Book Award), Hiding Edith (winner of the OLA Silver Birch Award, the Sydney Taylor Book Award [Association of Jewish Libraries], and the Yad Vashem Award for Children’s Holocaust Literature [Israel]), and To Look a Nazi in the Eye (a Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Teens). Her books have been published and translated in twenty countries. Kathy Kacer is the child of Holocaust survivors, and the parent of two actors and musical theatre performers. For more information, please go to www.kathykacer.com

Prizes

  • Diamond Willow - Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice AwardsShort-listed 2021
  • CCBC's Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young PeopleShort-listed 2021
  • Tinlids: Maria Recommends - Fall 2020 Children'sCommended 2020

Review Quotes

"The Brushmaker’s Daughter can be used in a teaching unit about the Holocaust, and it would be an suitable accompaniment to her excellent nonfiction books, among them The Underground Reporters and Hiding Edith."

 — CM: Canadian Review of Materials

"The unimaginable is made alive, heart-wrenching, and reachable for modern young readers." Starred Review.

 — Kirkus Reviews