Daniel's Story is about a Jewish boy during the Holocaust. After Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany, Daniel's happy community turns into a prejudice town of Nazis. He eventually gets shipped off to live in a ghetto in Lodz. After living there for over a year, he is deported to the concentration camp Auschwitz. Life there is worse than he could ever have imagined. He begins to wonder if he will survive.

The author depicts Daniel as talented, brave, willful, strong, and obedient. Daniel is a very talented photographer. He owns a family scrapbook. He also sells some of his pictures for extra money when his father loses his business. This helps to make ends meet. Another way he uses his talent is by photographing some of the Nazi's atrocities in the camp for proof of what they are doing.

Daniel's bravery shows many times throughout the...