# The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

**Author:** Estelle Nadel
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Page count:** 272
**Genre:** Juvenile Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781444975826`
**ISBN-10:** `144497582X`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-who-sang-a-holocaust-memoir-of-hope-and-survival
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A beautifully illustrated graphic novel recounting the heart-rending true story of a young girl's struggle for survival during the Holocaust, suitable for children age 10+. Born to a Jewish family in a small Polish village, Estelle Nadel - then known as Enia Feld - was just seven years old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. Once a vibrant child with a song for every occasion, Estelle would eventually lose her voice as, over the next five years, she would survive the deaths of their mother, father, their eldest brother and sister, and countless others. Estelle would weather loss, betrayal, near-execution, and spend two years away from the warmth of the sun - all before the age of eleven. And once the war was over, she would walk barefoot across European borders before finally crossing t

## Where this book is assigned

### Great Lakes Great Books Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2025-26 honor book (official GLGBA winner press release, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference) — 9-12 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2025-26 honor book (official GLGBA winner press release, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference) — 9-12 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2025-26 honor book (official GLGBA winner press release, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference) — 9-12 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2025-26 honor book (official GLGBA winner press release, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference) — 9-12 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)

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