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May 15, 2016 · Robyn Bavati’s Within These Walls is part of the My Holocaust Story series published by Scholastic Australia. The novel, based on a true story, follows the life of Miri, a young Jewish girl growing up with her close-knit family in Warsaw.
Based on true events, Within These Walls is a wrenching story of survival amidst the horrors of the Holocaust. Miri is eight years old at the start of the book and has a child-like view of the world, which changes as she ages and in line with the terrible things she experiences.
Apr 29, 2015 · Most of the book takes place in a house where true crime author Lucas Graham and his 12-year-old daughter Virginia temporarily reside. Yet it is not so much the allegedly haunted house that scares us, but the mass murderer who has convinced Lucas to move into the scene of his crimes.
Based on true events, Within These Walls gives a realistic account of what it was like to be a Jewish child in Warsaw during the Holocaust. Winner of the 2018 WAYBRA Book of the Year for older readers. Shortlisted for the 2017 CBCA Book of the Year for younger readers.
In her author’s note, she explains that her characters are fictional but the story is a collection of real events that she has researched and woven together. With violent deaths, harsh living conditions and cruel acts vividly described, this book could be quite distressing for many young readers.