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Revision as of 20:25, 20 March 2021
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 The Dollmaker of Krakow
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World History > Modern Age > WWII
In the vein of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Number the Stars, this fusion of fairy tales, folklore, and World War II history eloquently illustrates the power of love and the inherent will to survive even in the darkest of times.
In the land of dolls, there is magic.
In the land of humans, there is war.
Everywhere there is pain.
But together there is hope.
Karolina is a living doll whose king and queen have been overthrown. But when a strange wind spirits her away from the Land of the Dolls, she finds herself in Kraków, Poland, in the company of the Dollmaker, a man with an unusual power and a marked past.
The Dollmaker has learned to keep to himself, but Karolina’s courageous and compassionate manner lead him to smile and to even befriend a violin-playing father and his daughter—that is, once the Dollmaker gets over the shock of realizing a doll is speaking to him.
But their newfound happiness is dashed when Nazi soldiers descend upon Poland. Karolina and the Dollmaker quickly realize that their Jewish friends are in grave danger, and they are determined to help save them, no matter what the risks.
Other Similar Books
Other suggestions on the subject of World War II (European Front).
- You Wouldn't Want to Be a Secret Agent During World War II (by: Malam, John, LE, MG)
- You Wouldn't Want to Be a World War II Pilot (by: Graham, Ian, LE, MG)
- Number the Stars (by: Lowry, Lois, MG)
- Snow Treasure (by: McSwigan, Marie, MG)
- The War That Saved My Life (by: Brubaker Bradley, Kimberly, MG)
- Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II (by: Levi, Lia, MG)
- The Little Riders (by: Shemin, Margaretha, MG)
- Genevieve's War (by: Reilly Giff, Patricia, MG)
- Max in the Land of Lies (by: Gidwitz, Adam, MG, UMG)
- Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (by: Gidwitz, Adam, MG, UMG)
- The War I Finally Won (by: Brubaker Bradley, Kimberly, MG)
- The Night War (by: Brubaker Bradley, Kimberly, MG, UMG)
- A Whale in Paris (by: Presley, Daniel, Polders, Claire, MG)
- Safiyyah's War (by: Noor Khan, Hiba, MG, UMG)
- Twenty and Ten (by: Bishop, Claire Hutchet, MG)
- The Bletchley Riddle (by: Sepetys, Ruta and Sheinkin, Steve, UMG)
- Code Name Kingfisher (by: Kessler, Liz, UMG, YA)
- The Dollmaker of Krakow (by: Romero, R. M., UMG)
- Catherine's War (by: Billet, Julia, UMG)
- Salt to the Sea (by: Sepetys, Ruta, YA, A)
- Wrath Becomes Her (by: Polydoros, Aden, YA, A)
- Seized by the Sun: The Life and Disappearance of World War II Pilot Gertrude Tompkins (by: Atwood, Kathryn J., YA, A)
- Between Shades of Gray (by: Sepetys, Ruta, YA, A)
- All the Light We Cannot See (by: Doerr, Anthony, YA, A)
- The Paper Girl of Paris (by: Taylor, Jordyn, YA, A)
- The Boys Who Challenged Hitler (by: Hoose, Phillip, YA, A)
- Kursed (by: Smith, Lindsay, YA)
- Code Name Verity (by: Wein, Elizabeth, YA)
- The Rebel Girls of Rome (by: Taylor, Jordyn, YA, A)
- Leonora in the Morning Light (by: Carter, Michaela, YA, A)
- Girl in the Blue Coat (by: Hesse, Monica, YA, A)
- We Were the Lucky Ones (by: Hunter, Georgia, YA, A)
- X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken (by: Turing, Dermot, YA, A)
- Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent (by: Cornioley, Pearl Witherington, YA, A)
- The Postcard (by: Berest, Anne, A)
- The Bookseller of Dachau (by: Ryan, Shari J., A)
- Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp (by: Moran, Michelle, A)
- Light Perpetual (by: Spufford, Francis, A)
- The Kitchen Front (by: Ryan, Jennifer, A)
- The Underground Library (by: Ryan, Jennifer, A)
Other suggestions on the subject of the Poland.
- The Story of Marie Curie (by: Katz, Susan B., Chemistry, Women in Science, MG)
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- Once (by: Gleitzman, Morris, Holocaust, MG, UMG)
- The Girl Who Sang (by: Nadel, Estelle, Savos, Sammy, Strout, Bethany, Holocaust, Nazi Occupation, MG, UMG)
- Then (by: Gleitzman, Morris, Holocaust, MG, UMG)
- Esfir is Alive (by: Simon, Andrea, Holocaust, UMG, YA)
- The Devil's Arithmetic (by: Yolen, Jane, Holocaust, UMG, YA)
- The Button War (by: Avi, WWI, UMG)
- No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War (by: Lobel, Anita, Holocaust, UMG, YA)
- The Dollmaker of Krakow (by: Romero, R. M., WWII, UMG)
- We Were the Lucky Ones (by: Hunter, Georgia, WWII, YA, A)
- Mapping the Bones (by: Yolen, Jane, Holocaust, YA, A)
- Briar Rose (by: Yolen, Jane, Holocaust, YA, A)
- Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe (by: Sheinkin, Steve, Holocaust, Auschwitz, Jewish Resistance, YA, A)
- They Went Left (by: Hesse, Monica, Holocaust, YA, A)
- Names in a Jar (by: Gold, Jennifer, Holocaust, WWII, YA, A)
- 28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto (by: Safier, David, Holocaust, Auschwitz, Jewish Resistance, YA, A)
- The Last Checkmate: A Novel (by: Saab, Gabriella, WWII, Chess, Auschwitz, YA)
- The Librarian of Auschwitz (by: Iturbe, Antonio, Holocaust, Auschwitz, Jewish Resistance, YA, A)
- X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken (by: Turing, Dermot, WWII, Enigma Machine, YA, A)