No Pretty Pictures
by Anita Lobel
Nonfiction · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 720L · 1998
Why we'd hand it over
A Holocaust memoir told without sentimentality or protective softening — Lobel's spare prose and unflinching honesty make it one of the most powerful first-person accounts for older middle graders and the rare book that doesn't condescend to young readers about atrocity.