WHEN I GROW UP

u003cpu003eu003cbu003eAn NPR Best Book of the Yearu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eA u003ciu003eWashington Post u003c/iu003eBest Book of the Yearu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eA u003ciu003eChicago Tribuneu003c/iu003e Fall "Best Read"u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eAn u003ciu003eAlma u003c/iu003emost anticipated book of Novemberu003c/bu003eu003cbu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eFrom the prize-winning author of u003ciu003eThe Three Escapes of Hannah Arendtu003c/iu003e, a stunning graphic narrative of newly discovered stories from Jewish teens on the cusp of WWII.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ciu003eWhen I Grow Upu003c/iu003e is u003ciu003eNew Yorkeru003c/iu003e cartoonist Ken Krimstein’s new graphic nonfiction book, based on six of hundreds of newly discovered, never-before-published autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish teens on the brink of WWII—found in 2017 hidden in a Lithuanian church cellar.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eThese autobiographies, long thought destroyed by the Nazis, were written as entries for three competitions held in Eastern Europe in the 1930s, just before the horror of the Holocaust forever altered the lives of the young people who wrote them.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn u003ciu003eWhen I Grow Upu003c/iu003e, Krimstein shows us the stories of these six young men and women in riveting, almost cinematic narratives, full of humor, yearning, ambition, and all the angst of the teenage years. It’s as if half a dozen new Anne Frank stories have suddenly come to light, framed by the dramatic story of the documents’ rediscovery.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eBeautifully illustrated, heart-wrenching, and bursting with life, u003ciu003eWhen I Grow Upu003c/iu003e reveals how the tragedy that is about to befall these young people could easily happen again, to any of us, if we don’t learn to listen to the voices from the past.u003c/pu003e