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Yellow Star

2006Jennifer Roy

3.5/5

I have read many books about the Holocaust, but only two from a child's perspective, this and the other was When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. Both are true stories of growing up in the misery and destruction of World War 2, both Jewish. Before reading this, I didn't know that in the Lodz Ghetto, only 12 children survived, along with about 800 adults. Syvia, or as she became known in the Americanized version of her name, Sylvia, was one of those little children. Her niece, Jennifer Roy, wrote her aunt's story in the language of a child; it feels and sounds like a little kid who can't understand why the Germans want to kill her just because of her religion. She witnesses and endures horror. One of the things she says is that she had a beautiful orange coat, which she is shown in on the cover of the book, which her mother had to sew the yellow star on, she hated it, because yellow is supposed to be a happy color.Her father is the hero of the story, his wit and good sense saving Syvia and the rest of her family time and time again.
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