Survivors: The Star Houses: A Story From The Holocaust

'Snipping away the stitching that held on my yellow star, my mother said defiantly, "Right! That's simple. From now on we won't wear these silly badges. None of us!" When she had finished, she exclaimed, "There! Now you're just an ordinary Hungarian like everyone else." If only it had been that simple.'

Bandi Guttmann is a fourteen-year-old Hungarian Jew, living in Budapest in 1944. German forces have occupied the city and life for Bandi and his family is about to become unbearable. Set apart from the rest of the Hungarian community, and denied basic human rights, the family's only weapon is their determination to survive. But in the face of mindless hatred, will the Guttmann's strength, love and courage be enough to hold them together?

'Survivors' is a unique collection of fictional stories about young people caught up in some of the great conflicts and disasters of recent times. Through their eyes we experience the day-to-day hardships and dangers of living through war, extreme poverty, or at the mercy of unjust regimes.