It wasn't long ago that Elli led a normal life, a life rich and full that included family, friends, school, and thoughts about boys. What is death all about? What is life all about? So wonders 13-year-old Elli Friedmann, just one of the many innocent Holocaust victims, as she fights for her life in a concentration camp.

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