Escondendo Edith apresenta o drama de uma garota judia que precisa enfrentar os horrores da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Edith Schwalb tem apenas seis anos quando Hitler invade a Áustria. De repente, a garotinha se vê obrigada a deixar uma vida confortável em Viena para entrar em uma rotina de fugas e incertezas. Primeiro, sua família se muda para a Bélgica, mas é perseguida e foge para a França. Escondendo Edith tem o objetivo de mostrar os horrores do Holocausto às crianças, para que episódios como esse nunca mais voltem a acontecer.

What an amazing read, it is tragic that the holocaust happened and let us hope it never happens again.
Highly reccomend. ( )

Siamo nel 1939. Edith Schwalb ha sette anni e vive a Vienna. Edith e la sua famiglia sono ebrei. Da un anno Hitler ha annesso l'Austria al Terzo Reich, e le cose per loro come per gli altri ebrei viennesi ...(fonte: Google Books)

This is the story of young Jewish girl Edith Schwalb who was born in 1932 in Vienna, Austria. When her family is forced to leave their home to escape the Nazis, Edith is both bewildered and frightened. They leave Vienna and furtively travel all the way to southern France. Edith's father is eventually caught and sent to a concentration camp. Hher mother deposits her and her younger brother in a children's home in the town of Moissac in France. The story of the town itself is inspiring; all the residents have come together to hide the Jew's in their midst, the home being is funded by the Jewish Scouts of France. During Nazi raids, the major forewarn's the home and the children are taken on camping trips in the surrounding hills until the coast is clear. At the end of the war, the heroic couple who ran the house, Shatta and Bouli Simon, had saved more than five hundred Jewish children. ( )

Saving Edith is 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. It chronicles Edith’s struggles both internal and external of staying true to her Jewish heritage and her need to survive in a world consumed by exterminating Jews. Edith is torn by what she needs to do to survive –adopting her new name and persona and following her mother’s words “Remember who you are.” It is a very touching tale of friendships, triumphs and is a must read for readers ages Grade 6 and up.
2009 Yad Vashem Award for Children's Holocaust Literature
2008 HACKMATACK Children's Choice Award Winner
2007 SILVER BIRCH Award Winner
2006 NORMA FLECK Award Nominee ( )