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You\u2019re much<br \/>stronger than you think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If only Rachel Blum could live the carefree life of a normal eleven-year-old \u2014 jumping rope, playing with friends. Instead, the frightened, isolated girl must struggle to survive in a world bent on destroying her.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel is growing up in war-torn Poland in the 1930s and must smuggle in food for her family. She is hidden by a non-Jewish couple whose son works for the SS. When called upon to join a dangerous scheme to escape a train teeming with Nazis, Rachel must draw upon reserves of courage and strength she never even knew she possessed.<\/p>\n<p>Talented author Yaakov Astor skillfully relates Rachel\u2019s miraculous story of survival in this action-packed account interwoven with sheer determination and stalwart emunah. Nothing Bad Ever Happens is the true story of an adolescent who manages to answer desperation with ingenuity, suffering with hope. 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