The Choice (Holocaust Remembrance Series)
Thirteen-year-old Jakob s family has hidden their true identity as Jews and are living as Catholics in Budapest during World War II. One day, in a burst of loyalty, Jakob decides to reveal that he is Jewish, putting his whole family in danger. Jakob hopes his best friend Ivan, a Christian, will...
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Thirteen-year-old Jakob s family has hidden their true identity as Jews and are living as Catholics in Budapest during World War II. One day, in a burst of loyalty, Jakob decides to reveal that he is Jewish, putting his whole family in danger. Jakob hopes his best friend Ivan, a Christian, will help his family but comes to believe that Ivan has abandoned them. Sent as a prisoner to Auschwitz, Jakob is kept alive by his passion for revenge against Ivan. When Jakob is finally freed, he discovers that Ivan, too, made a choice that day, a choice that changes everything Jakob thought was true.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781927583654 (1927583659)
ASIN: 1927583659
Publish date: 2015-04-01
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages no: 200
Edition language: English
He just doesn’t understand and I felt frustrated for him because no one explained it to him. Hendrik was young yes, but he deserved to know as his world was changing right before him and it would never be the same. His father thought he was doing the right thing by keeping everything from him but in...