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Violence
Some
Anti-Semitic mob violence; threats; a pogrom
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual references
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of cowardice, moral awakening, and the arbitrariness of prejudice
What this book is about
Miller's 1945 only novel follows Lawrence Newman, a bland WASP who gets new glasses that make him 'look Jewish' and begins experiencing anti-Semitic violence. A moral awakening novel written while the Holocaust was still unfolding. Features anti-Semitic violence. For older teens and adults.
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Anti-Semitic violence
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