Daniel’s Story

Carol Matas

1993

“We are alive. We are human, with good and bad in us. That’s all we know for sure. We can’t create a new species or a new world. That’s been done. Now we have to live within those boundaries. What are our choices? We can despair and curse, and change nothing. We can choose evil like our enemies have done and create a world based on hate. Or we can…

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Creator Bio

Carol Matas

b. 1949

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she lives, Carol Matas has written more than forty books for children, including historical fiction, books about the Holocaust, fantasy titles, and novels for young readers. Daniel’s Story was written at the request of the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Matas’s awards include five Sydney Taylor Honor Book citations.

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