Praise for Mapping the Bones:

Jane Yolen's Mapping the Bones is a swift and deadly drama with overtones of dark fable we all wish we could forget. But this book, a shining star held in a trembling palm, requires us to remember. -Gregory Maguire, internationally bestselling author of Wicked

Mapping the Bones is spare and beautiful and haunting. Jane Yolen has created a masterpiece. -Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of The War That Saved My Life

Master storyteller Jane Yolen has outdone herself. This is a compelling, important, necessary, and timely book that deserves the widest audience possible. -Lesléa Newman, award-winning author of Still Life with Buddy

In the hands of the superb Jane Yolen, folklore and fact connect in a harrowing testimony to horror and to love. Brutal, relentless, prophetic, and full of truth. -Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity

A compassionate, unflinching, unforgettable Nazi labor camp Hansel & Gretel tale woven by America's finest spinner of Holocaust stories for young readers. -Julie Berry, author of the Printz Honor Book The Passion of Dolssa

[An] expansive, eloquent novel. -Publishers Weekly

Yolen does a superb job of dramatizing the horrors of WWII and the Holocaust, bringing vivid fear and suspense to her captivating story. It makes for altogether memorable and essential reading. -Booklist