During World War II, a young family in Slovakia, the Freier family stood up to the challenge of surviving the Nazis.  There were many escapes and they were all miracles.  In the last year of the war, the family hid in a bunker that was built under the ground in the woods of the Tatra Mountains.  One of the novels, Anna’s Christmas, is the story of how the family survived in the harsh winter of 1944 and about how they received the gift of food on the night before Christmas.  All of the books are engaging, moving, and most powerful.  All of the novels make excellent reading for young adult readers and for older adults as well. Author House sponsors the books, and you may find them also on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and you may order the books on author Cheryl Freier’s website:  www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com, or order from the local library.  Cheryl Freier

See website:  www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com for a selection of six books on the story of a young family that survived the Nazi scourge when the Nazis took over Slovakia.  All living conditions changed drastically and immediately.  There was no freedom and it became a game of chance to survive but it was necessary to try to survive.  Those who strove to survive gave themselves a chance to survive and many of them did survive but they had harrowing stories to tell.  Cheryl Freier, author/illustrator

On the three people who survived the Holocaust who lived close to each other in Caldwell, NJ and only discovered their connections to history after one of them published a book, it calls to mind the stories that my mother-in-law told me about her tragic ordeal in Nazi Slovakia.  I have published six novels on the stories that she told me and am working on a seventh novel.  See my website for the books:  www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com.  The stories should be told.  The stories should be read. The stories should be made into films and broadcast throughout the world.  the name of the first book is The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems and the list goes on and includes Anna’s Christmas Hidden Truth Poems.  Check out the books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Author House, my website, and check with your local library.  Cheryl Freier, author and illustrator

The grayling, an exceptionally beautiful fish in its own right has been removed from the endangered species in the United States.  During WWII the fish spawned prolifically in the fresh water that it swam in.  The grayling fish was the Freier family’s main source of food.  This fish was easy to scoop out of the water with hands, but it fought hard for its life after it came out of the water and many times it had to be dropped back into the stream.  The grayling fish became the family’s symbol for survival.  Cheryl Freier:  www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com

Echoes Resounding is a unique story that had not been previously told.  The story is about four brothers who fend for themselves in order to survive the war in Slovakia.  Engaging, captivating, appealing, likeable, and enchanting, and easy reading.  Check out Author House and Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local library, and Cneryl’s website:  www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com.  Cheryl Freier:  author/illustrator

The storybook The Morning’s Glory The Light is a delight story about a young boy who travels with his three friends and finds a lost city and solves a riddle and then returns home.  Delightful to read to children.  Cheryl Freier author/illustrator

Unique story about a young family that survives the bitter war that came to their country, Slovakia.  Cheryl Freier has captured their thoughts and fears in her book, The Grayling.

For exceptionally good reading, check out the website:  www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com.

All of you teenagers and adults–there are books out there on the website:  www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com that are good for you to read.  Cheryl Freier

Brave men fell while defending the freedom of the world while landing on the beaches of Normandy.  People all over the world suffered from the oppression of the Nazis in WWII.  Cheryl Freier has tried to tell the story of a family who though overwhelmed by the Nazi occupation managed to escape from the Nazi oppression in Slovakia.  Six books tell the story on her website:  www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com.  Books can be purchased on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and from the Author House website, and ordered from public libraries, and ordered from Cheryl’s website.