The Secret of Priest's Grotto. Avaialble in Soft Cover and Hard Cover. By Peter Lane Taylor with Christos Nicola. In 2003, while exploring this remote cluster of caves, a team of experienced cavers and adventurers, including the authors, unexpectedly uncover artifacts indicating that the caves had once been inhabited. Following the clues, the explorers discover an astonishing and poignant story of a family who endured a perilous life underground and survived to recount their story. The Secret of Priests Grotto combines natural history and family history to tell the remarkable story of the Stermer family, an extended Jewish that survived the Holocaust by hiding in the labyrinth of Ukrainian caves known as Priests Grotto to escape Nazi persecution. This biography of Janusz Korczak is a chapter book for elementary school readers and has full color illustrations. Winner of the Sydney Taylor Honor Award for Older Readers. Silver Medal Winner of ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award. Recommended by the National Council for Social Studies as a Notable Book for Young People. Named one of the 2008 Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street Center for Children's Literature.