Prisoner B-3087
Prisoner B-3087
Author: Alan Gratz, Ruth Gruener, Jack Gruener
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 03/01/2013
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780545459013
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 156573 / Prisoner B-3087
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Finalist
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Golden Archer Award - Nominee
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Recommended
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Truman Readers Award - Nominee
About the Author
Alan Gratz is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several highly acclaimed books for young readers, including Ground Zero, Allies, Grenade, Refugee, Projekt 1065, Prisoner B-3087, and Code of Honor. Alan lives in North Carolina with his wife and daughter. Look for him online at alangratz.com.
Ruth Gruener was born Aurelia Gamser in 1930s Poland. Ruth and her parents survived the Holocaust by hiding in the homes of gentile families. After World War II was over, Ruth and her family moved to the United States, where Ruth tried to start an ordinary teenage life in Brooklyn. Ruth married Jack Gruener, another Holocaust survivor, with whom she lived in Brooklyn until Jack's passing in 2017. They have two children and four grandchildren. Ruth works as a docent at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in downtown Manhattan and travels all over the country to speak to schools about her and Jack's experiences in the Holocaust.