Title

The Wrong Boy

Author

Zail, Suzy

Publisher

Walker Books Australia

Published Date

2012

Annotation

Hanna lives in the concentration camp, Auschwitz. As a gifted pianist, she is ordered to play for the camp commandant. Hanna meets the commandant’s pacifist son and a relationship develops. This story reveals the human side of the Holocaust.

Key Concepts

Friendship, Hope, Resilience, War

Audience

Upper primary, Secondary

AC Links/EYLF

English, Geography, HASS, History, ACELA1500, ACELA1502, ACELT1608, ACELT1609, ACELT1610, ACELT1612, ACELA1515, ACELA1518, ACELT1613, ACELT1614, ACHASSK138, ACHASSK139, ACHASSK140, ACHASSK141, ACELA1528, ACELA1529, ACELT1619, ACELT1621, ACELT1622, ACELT1803, ACELA1540, ACELA1541, ACELT1626, ACELT1627, ACELT1628, ACELT1807, ACELA1550, ACELA1551, ACELT1663, ACELT1771, ACELT1634, ACELT1635, ACELA1563, ACELA1564, ACELA1565, ACELT1639, ACELT1640, ACELT1812, ACELT1642, ACELT1643, ACELT1644, ACOKFH018, ACOKFH021, ACOKFH022, ACOKFH023, ACOKFH024