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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy

Written in prose, the story of a young girl Jewish girl, Syviafrom 1939 when she is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, as she and her family survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation.
(Cover by George C. Beresford)

posted by Library @ 9:12 PM  

9 Comments:

  • At 8:40 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Excellent historical fiction read. A great poetic story about life in the Lodz ghetto during the holocaust. Absolutely a 5 out of 5 rating!

     

  • At 7:33 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    You have exactly five seconds to run to the IMC and check out this book. I'm serious!! Ready? One....two....

    Anyways, I really enjoyed this book. It's actually based on a true story, a relative of the author. It was touching and enjoyable. I always like reading historical WWII books. 4.99 out of 5...since some parts were a tad bit depressing to read.

    ~Sherry

     

  • At 5:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I love this book I give it a 100!! It is sad at some parts and adventrous. I could not put it down. It is cool because it is written in poetry.

     

  • At 1:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Great novel based on a true story, Jennifer Roy's aunt who survived the holocaust in the Lodz ghetto. If you ever have to read historical fiction this is an excellent story to pick. Some parts are sad but I still couldn't put it down. I give this book a 100+. I love it!!!!

     

  • At 6:08 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    This book was so emotional! Great historcal fiction!! It was really cool how it was based on one of the author's relitives life as a victim of the Nazi's taking over Europe and killing all the Jews! I couldn't put it down, I got up around 9:00 pm and started reading it! Front cover to Back cover!! And let me tell you somthing: If you dont read this book you'll be missing out on one of the greatast books ever!! THIS BOOK GETS A 10000000000+ -Ashley-

     

  • At 10:13 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I really liked this book, it was suspenseful, and I like reading about World War Two. I loved how it was written in poems. For a rating, i agree with Sherry, 4.99, some sad parts

     

  • At 2:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    A nice book, but it had its sad parts. I loved how it was in poetry. Defintly one of the best books I have read this year!

    4 of 5
    Because of the sad parts
    ~Tori

     

  • At 4:37 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I really liked this book. It's very sad that inly 800 of the 270,000 jews survived, and 12 were children. Although I'm not a big fan of poetry, this book was easy to understand and wasn't like Shel Silverstein where every last word rhymes. Definately 5 out of 5 rating!!!
    Katherine

     

  • At 2:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!
    i really liked how it didn't get all gory because most holocaust books do and then i get all grossed out and i hate it. i really like how yellow star was narrated by a young child, so it was an entirely different perspective and experience from most books from that era.

    ~allison

     

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