Exodus, by Leon Uris, currently $3.99
http://www.amazon.com/Exodus-ebook/dp/B005O3PL84
This was cheaper for a day in September on Google Play, but if you missed it then...
"The epic saga of Israel’s earliest days and the people who fought to make it their home. The Exodus was just one ship among many that carried survivors of the Holocaust to Palestine to establish a new nation... The boat was intercepted by British forces and the refugees were placed in concentration camps. Uris’s blockbuster novel traces the lives of the men and women who brave British naval blockades to help Israel come into being..."