Eliezer Wiesel
Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a memoir about Elie Wiesel’s life in concentration camps during the holocaust. The year is 1941 when Elie, the deeply religious boy with a loving family consisting of three sisters and parents, is taken from home and sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Elie is separated from family members (mom and sisters), but remains with his father, only to be transferred from camp to camp. Through their perilous journey, Elie tells about the death of family members, the death of his own innocence and suffering to a point in which life and death does not matter anymore. Night is a gripping novel in which is a great read for ages 13 and up.