Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy

Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis:

The niece of Syvia Perlmutter, one of only twelve child survivors of the Lodz ghetto in Poland, shares her aunt's experiences of the Holocaust in free verse that relates the courage and heartbreak she lived during a time of terrible circumstances.

True story of my Aunt Sylvia's childhood in the Holocaust in WWII. Out of 270,000 people who entered the Lodz Ghetto in Poland, only 12 children walked out alive. My aunt was one of the twelve.

My Review:

This was an easy read if you mean that it was written in such a simple manner. A simple but gripping manner. This is a story of one of the only 12 children who survived in the Lodz ghetto during the Holocaust.

It is written by a descendent of the little girl, but written in her own words. As the women tells her story, she tells her story as if she is currently reliving the experience, in a child's voice. This makes this story evening more haunting and heartbreaking, which does not make this an easy read.

I am normally not one to shed tears for books or movies, but admittedly found myself balling my eyes out at the end. In truth, I'm not sure why, I was pissed people could do this to other people, I was happy they survived, I was horrified and relieved, I was just so overcome with a mix of emotions.

I would definitely recommend this book to older children learning about the Holocaust.

Read from January 25 to 31, 2014

Top 5 Genres*: Historical Fiction, World War II/Holocaust, Young Adult, Historical, History/World War II
*According to Goodreads
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My ratings system
5 stars - I absolutely loved it
4 stars - Good book and would recommend
3 stars - Decent book, but wasn't spectacular
2 stars - Not good, but was able to finish it
1 stars - Did not finish (DNF) and I don't usually rate a book I haven't finished (just to be fair to the author)

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