The Assignment
Book description
Inspired by a real-life incident, this riveting novel explores the dangerous impact discrimination and antisemitism have on one community when a school assignment goes terribly wrong.
Would you defend the indefensible?
That's what seniors Logan March and Cade Crawford are asked to do when a favorite teacher instructs a group…
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Why read it?
2 authors picked The Assignment as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This young adult novel nails the complex challenge of making the Holocaust – and antisemitism in general – relevant to contemporary teens.
Based on true events, the book chronicles the fallout after a favorite teacher instructs students to argue in favor of the Nazis’ Final Solution against the Jews. This story is close to my heart for many reasons, not the least of which is that I’ve personally witnessed a sixth-grade teacher assigning the class to argue in defense of the blood libel, the accusation that Jewish people murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals.
Youngsters deserve…
Wiemer is the type of storyteller who makes you think at every turn of the page. The Assignment looks at the world of discrimination and antisemitism as it is handed out in a classroom assignment by a teacher we're left wondering about from the beginning. What makes you brave under the pressure of your peers, and what makes you crumble? Wiemer will give you insight into that through this stirring tome.
From Paul's list on for fearless readers.
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