{"product_id":"prisoner-b-3087-9780545459013","title":"Prisoner B-3087","description":"\u003cb\u003e From Alan Gratz, the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRefugee\u003c\/i\u003e, comes this wrenching novel about one boy's struggle to survive ten concentration camps during the Holocaust. Based on the inspiring true life story of Jack Gruener.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face. As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner -- his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087. He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. He encounters evil he could have never imagined, but also sees surprising glimpses of hope amid the horror. He just barely escapes death, only to confront it again seconds later. Can Yanek make it through the terror without losing his hope, his will -- and, most of all, his sense of who he really is inside? Based on an astonishing true story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eALAN GRATZ \u003c\/b\u003eis the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of several highly acclaimed books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eTwo Degrees\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGround Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAllies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrenade, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRefugee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Projekt 1065\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrisoner B-3087\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCode of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCaptain America: The Ghost Army\u003c\/i\u003e, an original graphic novel. Alan lives in North Carolina with his wife and daughter. Look for him online at alangratz.com. \u003cbr\u003e Ruth Gruener was born Aurelia Gamser in 1930s Poland. Ruth and her parents survived the Holocaust by hiding in the homes of gentile families. After World War II was over, Ruth and her family moved to the United States, where Ruth tried to start an ordinary teenage life in Brooklyn. Ruth married Jack Gruener, another Holocaust survivor, with whom she lived in Brooklyn until Jack's passing in 2017. They have two children and four grandchildren. Until her death in 2021, Ruth worked as a docent at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in downtown Manhattan and traveled all over the country to speak to schools about her and Jack's experiences in the Holocaus\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scholastic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50570262675730,"sku":"9780545459013","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf9b637b-682a-4452-8c77-a9c48bea9b69.jpg?v=1731958378","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/prisoner-b-3087-9780545459013","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}