I decided I wanted to read Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy after my Grandma mentioned in one of her weekly family e-mails that she had read it. This book is the true story of a girl named Syvia who was 4 years old when the thousands of Jews in her town in Poland were sent by the Germans into a ghetto. As the book tells, "At the end of the war, there were about 800 survivors. Of those who survived, only twelve were children. This is the story of one of the twelve." The author of the book is the niece of Syvia.
This was a really incredible story. I really have a special place in my heart for Holocaust books, and this was another touching and inspiring book. I was so involved in the book as I read about Syvia's childhood in the ghetto and about her brave, selfless father. This was a quick read, written in a first person, from a child's eyes.
Rating: * * * (3/3 = Loved it)
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