Thelma Gruenbaum

Young David has a school assignment to learn about Beethoven and his music. Fortunately, his grandfather can not only play Beethoven's music for him, but he can also tell David the story of Beethoven's life. David learns that Beethoven learned to play piano at age four and kept composing music his whole life, even after losing his hearing. David can't help but appreciate the man and his music, which people have been listening to and enjoying for more than 200 years.

Young David has a school assignment to learn about Beethoven and his music. Fortunately, his grandfather can not only play Beethoven's music for him, but he can also tell David the story of Beethoven's life. David learns that Beethoven learned to play piano at age four and kept composing music his whole life, even after losing his hearing. David can't help but appreciate the man and his music, which people have been listening to and enjoying for more than 200 years.

This challenging and compelling new book reveals the previously undocumented life of the children at Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. During the war approximately 10,000 children were held here. Concentrating on a group of boys, aged between 12 and 14 at the time of imprisonment, Nesarim: Child Survivors of Terezin recounts their stroies both during and after the war. The 10 boys detailed here shared a room with 30 others and they called themselves the Nesarim or eagles. This is their poignant story, one of survival, strength and above all, brotherhood.