![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She has twice been nominated for the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. Her best-selling work has been translated into sixteen languages and has received over 100 awards and honors including the Sydney Taylor Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award, the Silver Birch Award, and Canadian Jewish Book Award. About the Author:ĬAROL MATAS is an internationally acclaimed author of more than 45 books for children and young adults. He finds hope, life and even love in the midst of despair. ![]() Though many around him lose hope in the face of such terror, Daniel, supported by his courageous family, struggles for survival. No longer able to practice their religion, vote, own property, or even work, Daniel's family is forced from their home in Frankfurt and sent on a long and dangerous journey, first to the Lodz ghetto in Poland, and then to Auschwitz -, the Nazi death camp. He can still picture once being happy and safe, but memories of those days are fading as he and his family face the dangers threatening Jews in Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. 1 2013 by Carol Matas (Author) 38 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 9. Daniel barely remembers leading a normal life before the Nazis came to power in 1933. Carol Matas Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past Hardcover Feb. ![]()
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