Girls with Courage: Determination by Rochel Yaffe Reading Level V / Grade 5-6

Can one girl’s determination keep her family safe?
Young Freidi lives in the town of Brustzura, Czechoslovakia, in the 1930s. Her neighbors are very poor, so Freidi gives them extra food from her family’s store and shares her lunches with hungry schoolmates. When Jewish villagers are deported to Poland with the start of the war, Freidi must act. Can she possibly reach them in time?

This is the true story of a caring and courageous young woman. From baking delicacies in her cozy kitchen to smuggling food into a cramped cellar, join Freidi as she battles the evil around her and strives to bring hope to a broken world.