Biography

Helga's Diary by Helga Weissolva

In 1939, Helga Weiss was a young Jewish schoolgirl in Prague. As she endured the first waves of the Nazi invasion, she began to document her experiences in a diary. During her internment at the concentration camp of Terezín, Helga’s uncle hid her diary in a brick wall. Of the 15,000 children brought to Terezín and deported to Auschwitz, there were only one hundred survivors. Helga was one of them. Miraculously, she was able to recover her diary from its hiding place after the war. These pages reveal Helga’s powerful story through her own words and illustrations. Includes a special interview with Helga by translator Neil Bermel.

Found in Adult Biography section of the public library.

Student review 

Great Book. Depicts clear insight into the life of a Nazi concentration camp prisoner. Some parts of the book would kind of a drag but for the most part, it was pretty good.

Ugly by Robert Hoges

Robert Hoge was born with a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs, but he refused to let what made him different stand in the way of leading a happy, successful life. This is the true story of how he embraced his circumstances and never let his "ugly" stop him from focusing on what truly mattered.

Student review  

This book is very similar to wonder and it tells about a kid with deformities and his life.

The Blind Side: evolution of the game by Michael Lewis

Follows one young man from his impoverished childhood with a crack-addicted mother, through his discovery of the sport of football, to his rise to become one of the most successful, highly-paid players in the NFL.

Student review 

This book brings you through a story of a person who really struggled when he was a young boy but then got better in a lot of things and started to make a good life out of nothing that he had.

Found in Adult Biography section of the public library.