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Yellow Star

Jennifer Roy

Hardcover | Pages: 227 pages

Rating: 4.22 | 14179 Users | 1634 Reviews

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Title	:	Yellow Star
Author	:	Jennifer Roy
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 227 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2006 by Two Lions
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. World War II. Holocaust. Young Adult. War. Poetry

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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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Original Title:	Yellow Star
ISBN:	076145277X (ISBN13: 9780761452775)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Poland
Literary Awards:	Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2008), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (2006), Lamplighter Award (2009), William Allen White Children's Book Award (2009), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2011)

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Ratings: 4.22 From 14179 Users | 1634 Reviews

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I don't usually love poetry, but Roy writes with such an authentic voice that I couldn't help but be drawn in within the first chapter. Through Syvia's, the main character's, acute observations about everyday life in the Lodz Ghetto, I felt like I learned just a little more about the extent of the Holocaust's effect on its victims, not just physically but psychologically as well.

Summary and Analysis: Yellow Star is a novel in verse that would be appropriate for middle school readers. Yellow Star is both a book of poetry as well as a biographical account of a young girl's experiences during the Holocaust. Specifically, the author's aunt Syvia (now called Sylvia),is a survivor of the Lodz ghetto in Poland. In the beginning, there were 270,000 Jewish people living in the Lodz ghetto. When the ghetto was liberated by the Soviets, there were only 800 people left. Among the

8.5/10The premise of this had me a little worried. A book written by Syvia's niece in free verse but written as if it were from her perspective. It seemed on the surface to be gimmicky or contrived. This is such a good book. It's so simple, yet so moving. I found myself constantly thinking, "I can't believe that actually happened," but it did and the way Roy writes it makes you feel like a part of history. This a great book for children and adults.

I read this in one sitting. A heart breaking true story about one of the 12 surviving children of the Lodz ghetto. You won't be able to put it down!

This was a quick, but important book and would be an emotional read aloud to students/children studying the Holocaust.

This is a fantastic Holocaust novel. The author wrote from the perspective of her aunt, who was one of 12 children to survive the Lodz ghetto in Poland. Her aunt was four and a half when she entered the ghetto, and ten when the liberation troops reached them. Roy has an amazing way of making the most simple statements incredibly gripping. The novel is written in poetic prose:I wish I couldrip the star off(carefully, stitch by stitch, so as not to ruinmy lovely coat),because yellow is meant to be

What a touching story! Its not easy to move me to tears but this book did just that. What I admired the most was not only it was a true story of a Holocaust survivor (authors aunt Syvia) but the authors decision to narrate it from a childs perspective. Purposely told in easy, simple language, it touches the deepest chords of a readers heart with its child-like sincerity and desire to understand the cruel world around. Syvia is impossible not to love and admire, just like the other children who