We’re commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day with these quotes from powerful young adult novels. Holocaust Remembrance Day is recognized internationally and corresponds to the twenty-seventh day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. This year, we reflect on the lessons of the Holocaust by pausing to honor the lives lost and committing to advance with a renewed appreciation for life itself.

Here are some powerful young adult book quotes to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Who am I? What is to become of me? What path should I take in life?

Each man is the steward of his own soul.

How do you give someone a piece of sky? Memorize it. Then write it down for him.

The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

By Markus Zusak

This anniversary edition of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller features pages of bonus content, including marked-up manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author's writing notebook.

“Life-changing.” —The New York Times
 
When Death has a story to tell, you li...

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I had the happiest life imaginable. We lived in music. We buttered our bread with it. Music walked in the door with Papa or Maria like another member of the family.

What the Night Sings

By Vesper Stamper

A Morris Award Finalist
Longlisted for the National Book Award

For fans of The Book Thief and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes a lushly illustrated novel about a teen Holocaust survivor who must come to terms with who she is and how to rebuild her life.

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