Winner of the Jewish Book Award
Winner of the Silver Birch Award
Shortlisted for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction
Recommended by CBC Children’s Literature Panel
Shortlisted for the Ontario Library Association Silver Birch Award
Recommended Children’s Book Centre “Our Choice” List
Shortlisted for the Nova Scotia Library Association Award
The Secret of Gabi's Dresser
“An insightful, educational and deeply moving work of historical fiction guaranteed to impact readers of all ages.” Canadian Jewish News
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.
Visit Kathy’s website www.kathykacer.com
About the Author
Kathy Kacer
Kathy has won many awards for her writing, including the Silver Birch, the Red Maple, the Hackmatack and the Jewish Book Award. In 1999 she wrote her first book in Second Story’s Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers, The Secret of Gabi’s Dresser. Since then she has penned five other books for the series: The Underground Reporters, Clara’s War, The Night Spies, Hiding Edith, and The Diary of Laura’s Twin. Her first adult book is the non-fiction Restitution: A family’s fight for their heritage lost in the Holocaust.
The rights to her books have been sold to many countries, including Germany, China, Italy, Thailand, England, Japan, and Slovenia. She has adapted The Secret of Gabi’s Dresser into a successful play.
A former psychologist who worked with troubled teens, Kathy now writes about the Holocaust for young readers and travels the country speaking about it. She also addresses adults about how to teach sensitive material to young children. Kathy lives in Toronto with her family.
Kathy Kacer is available for school and library readings, workshops, and presentations.
Listen to an interview with Kathy on The Book of Life podcast:
Book Info
ISBN: 978-1-896764-15-3
128 Pages
Ages 9 and up
5.5" x 7.75"
Paperback with B&W Photographs
$7.95 CAD
April 13, 1999
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