by Jennifer Roy
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The premise sounded better than its delivery. The story is of the Lodz ghetto in Poland, and of the 270,000 Jews that were put in, only 800 survived. 12 were children, and Sylvia (the author's aunt) was one of them. This is the retelling of her experience as a young child of 4 when the ghetto wa...
I liked how the book was all in verse.
I liked how the book was all in verse.
Based on true events, 'Yellow Star' is the story of the Perlmutter family's survival in the Lodz, Poland ghetto during WWII. The story is told by the youngest child, Syvia. It is at turns hopeful, heartbreaking, and brave. This novel is written in a free verse style, which makes for lovely readin...
I picked this book up on my lunch today because I'd finished most of my grading and ended up having a few extra minutes to read. I could barely put it down. I read it at dinner, and then brought it with me to my library job which I normally don't read there. I just finished it. Reading about the...
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