Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939–1944
by Aranka Siegal
Nonfiction · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 840L · 1 pages · 1968
Why we'd hand it over
A masterwork of Holocaust memoir written in a child's voice—unflinching about fear and loss, but grounded in the texture of ordinary summers, school, and family that make the encroaching darkness undeniable.