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Barrier Breakers Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga eBook Series

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  • Hiding from the Nazis in Plain Sight

    A Graphic Novel Biography of Zhanna and Frina Arshanskaya

    by Lydia Lukidis ...
    Illustrated by Aleksandar Sotirovski ...
    Series series Barrier Breakers
    Zhanna and Frina Arshanskaya were two talented child musicians when Nazis invaded their city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, during World War II. Along with their parents, the Jewish sisters were forced into a death march. They eventually escaped individually and were reunited, but how would they survive the rest of the war? By hiding their true identities and becoming musical entertainment for German ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Encyclopedia Brown Double Mystery #4

    Featured mysteries from Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

    Series Book 4 - Encyclopedia Brown
    This special introductory offer features some of Encyclopedia Brown's first cases ever: “The Case of the Diamond Necklace” and “The Case of the Knife in the Watermelon.” These stories are great for readers new to the series and wonderful nostalgia for those who grew up solving mysteries with the boy detective. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • I am Anne Frank

    by Brad Meltzer ...
    Illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos ...
    Series series Ordinary People Change the World
    The 22nd book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes tells the story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her life while hiding from the Nazis during World War II.This engaging biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of an icon ... Read more

    Was $8.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • The Wave by Todd Strasser (Book Analysis)

    Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

    Series series BrightSummaries.com
    Unlock the more straightforward side of The Wave with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Wave by Todd Strasser, a novel based on real events in an American high school in the 1960s. When Ben Ross, an ambitious young history teacher, is teaching his class about life in Nazi Germany, he is at a loss to explain how so many ordinary ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Volodymyr Zelensky

    Heroic Leader of Ukraine

    by Mari Bolte ...
    Series series Gateway Biographies
    Volodymyr Zelensky first gained the spotlight as an entertainer, not a politician. A comedian and actor, he starred in a Ukrainian television show about a teacher fed up with government corruption who unexpectedly becomes president of the country. Then Zelensky ran for president of Ukraine in real life and won, taking office in May 2019.He seemed an unlikely hero, yet Zelensky revealed the depth ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Passage to Freedom

    The Sugihara Story

    by Ken Mochizuki ...
    Series series Live Oak Media eReadalong
    "Listening to the story is even more dramatic than reading it. It should be purchased by every public and school library." - School Library Journal ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Death Camp Uprising

    The Escape from Sobibor Concentration Camp

    by Nel Yomtov ...
    Illustrated by Wilson Tortosa, Michael Bartolo ...
    Series series Great Escapes of World War II
    Experience the events that followed the Sobibor death camp prisoner's decision to escape. Readers will discover a powerful story of human courage and mankind's fierce will to live. ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gifts from the Enemy

    by Trudy Ludwig ...
    Illustrated by Craig Orback ...
    “I am an ordinary person with an extraordinary past.”In this true and moving story, Alter Wiener, a teen Holocaust survivor of five Nazi prison camps during World War II, transports young readers back in time when an unexpected person demonstrated moral courage in repeated acts of kindness toward him.From nationally acclaimed author and speaker Trudy Ludwig and award-winning illustrator Craig ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Interrupted Lives

    Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust

    In some ways, Adele, Barney, Eric, Ernie, Frank, Judy, Magda, Rodi, and Ruth had little in common. They were born in different European countries and came from different family backgrounds. But they were all Jewish children who survived the Holocaust each in a different way—from hiding with non-Jews to surviving the horrors of a concentration camp. They prove themselves remarkably resilient as, in ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Tree of Life

    How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World

    by Elisa Boxer ...
    Illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig ...
    Hope triumphs over fear in this poignant and impactful true story of the Holocaust—a delicate introduction to World War Two history for older picture book readers.During World War Two, in the concentration camp Terezin, a group of Jewish children and their devoted teacher planted and nurtured a smuggled-in sapling. Over time fewer and fewer children were left to care for the little tree, but those ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Hidden Hope

    How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust

    by Elisa Boxer ...
    The award-winning, remarkable true story of how a toy duck was used to smuggle forged identity papers for Jewish refugees during World War II, written by Emmy Award–winning journalist Elisa Boxer and movingly illustrated by the acclaimed Amy June Bates.Hidden Hope, a true story, celebrates everyday heroism, resilience, the triumph of the human spirit, and finding hope in unexpected places. This ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yossel's Journey

    by Kathryn Lasky ...
    Illustrated by Johnson Yazzie ...
    When Yossel’s family flees anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia and immigrates to the American Southwest, he worries about making a new home and new friends.In his family's new store next to the Navajo reservation, Yossel watches neighbors pass through. He learns lots of Navajo (Diné) words, but he's still too afraid and lonely to try talking to anyone. Finally he meets Thomas, a Navajo boy just his age. ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD