Hidden on the High Wire, Kathy Kacer
Hidden on the High Wire, Kathy Kacer
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Hidden on the High Wire
Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers

Author: Kathy Kacer

Narrator: Gabi Epstein

Unabridged: 5 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 01/30/2023

Synopsis

Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her family’s circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with her performance on the high wire…until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of Adolf Hitler’s Nazis has put them all in grave danger. When the circus is forced to shut down and Irene’s father is taken away, Irene and her mother must go into hiding with another circus. Every day is a frightening new kind of balancing act, caught between the desire to perform and the need to hide—even in plain sight.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Read by Curtis on April 02, 2023

A historical fiction novel based on the true story of Irene Danner, a young Jewish tightrope walker and acrobat who hid in plain sight as a performer in the Althoff Circus in Germany during WWII. A Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers that is developmentally appropriate for middle school rea......more

Goodreads review by Shelley on October 29, 2023

Well written story about the holocaust for students. Told from the perspective of a young Jewish girl, it explains the types of situations she had to endure. This is also based on a true story which only adds to the story. Would be an excellent read aloud book or book club book.......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on April 04, 2022

Like other historical fiction by Kathy Kacer, this one is heavy on the “history” part. The Lorch family circus was well-respected in Germany, but with Hitler and his Nazi party so determined to eliminate all Jews from the country, closure was inevitable. But closing down was not the only blow to thi......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on September 15, 2023

I have never heard of this story before. Definitely worth your time.......more

Goodreads review by Barbra on September 17, 2023

Based on a true story, we follow the lives of the Lorch family who run a circus in Germany in 1941. Everything comes tumbling down when Adolf Hitler takes power and forces them to close. Soon her German father is drafted to the army, and Irene and her mom are threatened daily with arrest. Luckily a......more

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