Facing the Enemy: How a Nazi Youth Camp in America Tested a Friendship

By Barbara Krasner

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9781662680250

Facing the Enemy: How a Nazi Youth Camp in America Tested a Friendship

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Crime: Punishment/Execution,Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Discrimination: Religious,Discrimination: Sexism,Discrimination: Xenophobia,Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse,Violence: Death,Violence: Domestic/Physical Abuse,Violence: Strong Violence

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Tommy and Benjy’s friendship is torn apart when Tommy starts attending Camp Nordland, a pro-Nazi summer camp, in this novel-in-verse for teens set in New Jersey during World War II.

What do you do when your best friend becomes the enemy? Growing up in Newark, NJ, in the 1930s, Tommy and Benjy have always done everything together—it never mattered that Benjy was Jewish and Tommy was German. But as Hitler rises to power in Germany and war brews in Europe, everything changes. When Tommy goes to Camp Nordland for the summer, he learns that German Americans must side with the Nazis and that Jews are the enemy. Heartbroken by the loss of his friend, Benjy joins the Newark Minutemen, an anti-Nazi vigilante group, all the while encouraging Tommy to abandon his increasingly extremist beliefs.

Based on real-life events and groups like the Newark Minutemen and the pro-Nazi German American Bund, this daring novel-in-verse reveals the long history of American right-wing extremism, and its impact on the lives of two ordinary teens.

Epilogue. Author's note. Glossary. Time line. Source
notes. Bibliography. "For further reading/viewing." Black-and-white photos.

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AR Ready No Book Genres Historical Fiction Canadian Rights Yes Dewey F Title alpha Facing the Enemy: How a Nazi Youth Camp in America Tested a Friendship Category Hi-Lo Mature Pages Count 368 Topics Novels in verse. Best friends. Friendship. Radicalism. Toleration. German Americans. Jewish. Prejudice and racism. Military and wars. Twentieth century. World War II (1939-1945). Lexile 820L Trim Size 9" x 6" JLG Span Winter Language English Rights type Print Publication date 2023-12-04 JLG Release Date Feb 2024 Minimum grade 9 Maximum grade 12 Reading level High Format Print

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