Journey to America

This book is about a Jewish family that escapes from Germany to Switzerland and finally America before World War II. The family had struggles in their move because they were almost out of money and the parents sacrificed themselves to make sure that the children were feed. The daughters had to be

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placed with different families. The father finally gets the necessary forms to get his family to America and the family is reunited.

This is a good book because sometimes we don't realize the struggles that others had to go through to keep their freedom.

A teacher can use this book to show difficult it was for some families. It can also be shown that difficulties can make us stronger.

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This is a story about an Jewish family that escapes from Germany and makes their way to America. The father goes on to America to work and save enough money to bring his family to America. The family has to wait in Switzerland for the money and papers to be in order for the trip to America. At the

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end of the story the family is united together in America.

I really like reading this book and I think children will enjoy reading this story once they start it. It's a great to describe how life was during the Holocaust.

In the classroom I would use this book while studying the Holocaust and World Was II. I would have the students write a story about the different pressures of growing up in Nazi Germany during this time in history.

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Wow, this book is amazing. One reason I loved this book was because of the plot/ending. This story told about a very real situation, but it was toned town significantly for younger readers to understand. World War 2 was a devastating time for a lot of people, and that was shown very well within

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this book. Times where this was shown was whenever it was mentioned that masses of people were trying to get to America, or when Rosemarie was sent to England with her sister. I thought the way the author handled this topic, with giving it a happy ending, was excellent. I also thought that the author showing that the father was having difficulties in America was great too because it showed the true problems that immigrants faced when they moved to America: finding work, saving up money for family, finding a place to live, worrying about loved ones.
Another reason I loved this book was because of the difficulties faced by Lisa. Lisa handled leaving her friends and extended family very well, and she grew up very quickly in the short time that her family relocated to Switzerland. When her mother fainted, Lisa was the one to take action, not her older sister Ruth. Lisa had to contemplate what being a good person was, and she faltered in her belief of her Judaism at one point. I think the problems she faced and conquered show a lot about Lisa, and I really enjoyed reading about it.
The main idea of this story is that good experiences can come out of the bad ones.

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