Apelfeld, Aharon. The Man Who Never Stopped Sleeping. New York: Schocken Books, 2017.
At the end of World War II, Erwin makes his way across Europe to the refugee camps in Naples. He spends most of the trek asleep and is helped along the way by other survivors. At the refugee camps, and struggling not to sleep all the time, he and some other young boys begin to prepare for a life in Palestine. Starting his new life at a kibbutz in his new homeland, and with the need to sleep all the time fading, Erwin must deal with learning a new life and try and reconcile that with the memories of his former one.

Presser, Bram. The Book of Dirt. Melbourne, Australia: Text Publishing, 2017.
The Book of Dirt is a completely original novel about love, family secrets, and Jewish myths. And it is a heart-warming story about a grandson’s devotion to the power of storytelling and his family’s legacy.

Rosnay, Tatiana de. Sarah’s Key. St. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2007.
On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.