Angela Cerrito
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The Safest Lie

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Balancing honesty and age-appropriateness, Cerrito creates an authentic moving portrait. Kirkus

Nine-year-old Anna Bauman is one of the Jewish children whom Jolanta (code name for the real-life World War II resistance spy Irena Sendler) smuggles out of the Warsaw ghetto. Anna, given a new name and false papers, must keep her true identity secret, first at a Catholic orphanage and then with a foster family. Ironically, she discovers that the most difficult part isn't remembering her new identity, but trying not to forget the old one.                                                                
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The End of the Line

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Robbie's story has the potential to make young people think, care, and possibly change. VOYA
Robbie is locked in a room with nothing but a desk, a chair, a stack of paper and pencil. Robbie has reached The End of the Line, AKA Great Oaks School. Thirteen-year-old Robbie’s first-person account of his struggles at the school—at times horrifying, at times hilarious—alternates with flashbacks to the events that led to his incarceration. If Robbie is to survive The End of the Line, he must confront the truth: He is a murderer.  Awards      Guide       Reviews