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Holiday House (1995), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 1 pages
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The story of the Warsaw Ghetto told through the eyes of Froim Baum, who was born in Warsaw on April 15, 1936. He was sent from one death camp to another before finally being liberated at Dachau by American soldiers.
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Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (11th Edition: 1993-1995)
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LibraryThing member edeidrich
The horrors suffered by the Polish Jews during the early onset of WWII are chronicled through the tale of young Froim in David Adler's serious work. Froim's experiences with the terrible living conditions of the Warsaw Ghetto, witnessing the failed Warsaw Uprising firsthand, and ultimately
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surviving stays in both Auschwitz-Birkenau and Dachau concentration/death camps are illustrated in a shaded style which captures snippits of the mass travesties issued at the hand of Nazi Germany. The book is somewhat age-appropriate, depending on the grade which WWII is first discussed. Show Less
LibraryThing member jpons
This non-fiction book about the struggles one boy goes through during the time of the German takeover will surely capture all readers' attention. The author writes this story both sensitive and appropriate for the intended audience level. There is never an easy way to write about a subject as
The story is about a boy who is a Jewish child living in Warsaw, a town in Poland. After the death of his father, he is sent to live in an orphanage.The Germans take over the town of Warsaw and a part of this village is walled-off. The boy does whatever he needs to in order for his family not to starve. Unfortunately the boy and his family are eventually caught and many of his family members are killed. At the end of the book is a note from the author. In the last paragraph of the author's note he thanks the main character from the story, Froim Baum, for re-living his painful past.
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horrible as the Holocaust. This author manages to tackle this challenge with dignity. The story is about a boy who is a Jewish child living in Warsaw, a town in Poland. After the death of his father, he is sent to live in an orphanage.The Germans take over the town of Warsaw and a part of this village is walled-off. The boy does whatever he needs to in order for his family not to starve. Unfortunately the boy and his family are eventually caught and many of his family members are killed. At the end of the book is a note from the author. In the last paragraph of the author's note he thanks the main character from the story, Froim Baum, for re-living his painful past.
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LibraryThing member ccanizales
This story is a Polish boy named Froim. The illustrations in this book are so vivid. One can almost imagine themselves living during these events. After his father died, his mother sent him and one of his brothers to an orphanage because she was poor and could no longer take care of them. During
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the time he was in the orphanage, Germany (the Nazis), began a war. Froim saw people getting killed everyday. The Germans began to kill Jews or to take them away to work. A wall was built and all Jews were forced to live within it. A few years later, Jews were tricked into going to concentration camps were they were killed. Froim's mother and sisters were killed because they were caught trying to escape. He was sent to a concentration camp, but was rescued by an American solid once the war was over. This is an amazing story that will touch the hearts of many. I would incorporate the book into a lesson about the Holocaust. It may even be a good book for a middle school class. Show Less
LibraryThing member vroussel
First off, this book is deceiving. While it absolutely deals with the horrific anti-semitism of WWII, the picture book portrayal of the story doesn't make it suitable for children. There's a lot of pretty heavy material in this text, a lot of which younger children probably won't understand. That
Through the telling of Froim Baum's story, Adler takes the reader through the history of WWII as it relates specifically to Poland. The gritty, dark nature of the illustrations by Ritz only further add to the dismal tone of the book, but not in a way that is overbearing or exploits this tragic aspect of our world history. Like I said before, this book is pretty heavy for what the outward appearances purport it to be; there's a lot of history condensed into 30 pages, but it's definitely a great introductory book for making students aware of the atrocities that took place during that time period.
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being said, I wouldn't NOT read this to younger children; the illustrations are more graphic for those readers that know what they're looking at whereas younger readers will just understand the tone conveyed.Through the telling of Froim Baum's story, Adler takes the reader through the history of WWII as it relates specifically to Poland. The gritty, dark nature of the illustrations by Ritz only further add to the dismal tone of the book, but not in a way that is overbearing or exploits this tragic aspect of our world history. Like I said before, this book is pretty heavy for what the outward appearances purport it to be; there's a lot of history condensed into 30 pages, but it's definitely a great introductory book for making students aware of the atrocities that took place during that time period.
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LibraryThing member SadieCooney
Child of the Warsaw Ghetto was truthful and full of hardship and sadness. I think it would be an appropriate read for fifth grade. The language is not hard, but the overall message is hard to stomach. The illustration are beautiful and really help picture the story. It is sad this is a truthful
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book, but it has to be taught and I feel like this book is a great tool to do so. Show Less
ISBN
0823411605 / 9780823411603