Kathy Kacer

Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her family’s circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with her performance on the high wire…until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of...

The true story of Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish girl who was saved from the Nazis by the courage of the entire French village of Moissac.Edith’s story is remarkable not only for her own bravery, but for the bravery of those that helped her: an entire...

Heroic actions speak volumes in a powerful middle grade novel based on real WWII events, set in Ukraine.“[A] unique perspective on the Holocaust…” — starred review, School Libary JournalLife is becoming ever more terrifying for the Jewish community as...

Silence can be powerful.Kathy Kacer’s second book in her middle grade series about heroic rescues during WWII tells the tale of siblings Helen and Henry, and history’s most famous mime. Desperate to save them from the Nazis, Henry and Helen’s mother...

Europe, on the eve of the Second World War, and a Jewish family feels the Nazi danger closing in…Led by their indomitable mother, Marie, the Reesers make a daring escape from under the watchful eyes of the Gestapo, fleeing their comfortable home in...

Lillian and her father avoid capture by the Nazis with the help of a real-life hero.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...

Anna and her family have only one hope left to escape certain doom.It’s 1936 and life is becoming dangerous for the Jews of Krakow. As incidents of violence and persecution increase day by day, Anna begs her father to leave Poland, but he insists it’s...

What does it take to stand up for what’s right?It’s 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured to join the Hitler Youth. The last thing he wants to do is march around with a bunch of bullies, supporting the Gestapo and abusing the...