Heller's Publish Book

10/29/2015

Jared Heller ’19 and his father, David, have published their second book together, WHEN DARKNESS REIGNED AND LIGHT WAS BARELY VISIBLE: Reflections on WWII By the Son and Grandson of a Holocaust Survivor.

Jared studied Night in Head of Middle School Carl's Rapisarda-Vallely’s English 8 class last year and his eighth grade Inspiration Speech, which was presented to the entire Middle School, focused on his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor. This was the springboard for the dedication of the book, written by Jared in regard to his grandfather.

Mr. Rapisarda-Vallely says, “Jared was able to lead his peers through navigating the difficult content of the Holocaust because of his personal perspective.”

The author description on Amazon reads in part, “This is Jared Heller's second book. He previously co-authored The 200 Most Important Things A Kid Needs To Know About Life (And A Parent Needs To Teach Them). Jared has won numerous academic, athletic and citizenship awards. Among them are: Scholar-Athlete of the Year, a Never Give Up Award, several character awards as voted on by his peers and many highest honor awards. He is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and as a nine year-old, was the starting center on a state champion Pop Warner team. Jared has a great deal of fascination with history, both American and world history, and plans to pursue that as a core aspect of his studies.

This is Dr. David Heller's thirtieth book. He has previously authored such works as The Soul of a Relationship, When Will My Heart Stop Hurting?, The Soul of a Man, Talking To Your Child About God, The Children's God, and A Kids' Book of Prayers About All Sorts of Things (with Elizabeth Heller). Dr. Heller is a summa cum laude graduate of Harvard.”

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