Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Yellow Star


Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy *


From 1939, when Syvia is four and half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during Nazi occupation.


My thoughts: This was a powerful and moving story told in free verse poetry. Syvia was one of only twelve children to survive the Lodz ghetto, that at one time held over a quarter of a million people.


*Summary taken from CIP data.

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