There might even be mice in that filthy thing. ... In addition, when Rose was searching for a job a man that owned a shop told her, "There's a boatload of you greenhorns landing every day, and you think you're going to make a fortune in America. ... The fact that she was only in America with her sister was also very dangerous because two girls in the streets of New York with no help from a man was never a good thing. Uncle Patrick had once said that letting Rose and her family live in America without his help would make them fair game for every con man in New York. ...

• Word Count: 2291
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Art turned his book about his father's life in the Holocaust into a comic book, using mice to represent the Jews and cats to represent the Nazis. ... When "Maus" hit the book stores, many people had mixed feelings about a book that told the story of one man's life through the Holocaust in the form of a comic. ...

• Word Count: 2087
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School