This book is intended for ages 8 and above. The heroine, Gabi, recounts how as a young Jewish girl she lived on a family farm in Eastern Europe during the Second World War. She describes her community before the Nazi occupation and the events that unfolded afterwards. When the Nazis conducted house searches for Jewish children, Gabi successfully hid in the dining-room dresser. The only thing retrieved from the home after the war was the dresser that saved Gabi's life. It now sits in author Kathy Kacer's home in Toronto. Kacer is Gabi's daughter, and has based the story on her mother's experiences.

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Second Story Press .

Kathy Kacer is an award-winning Canadian writer of non fiction for children. She has written several books focusing on the Holocaust.