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Survivors: True Stories of
Children in the Holocaust Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsum Scholastic, Inc. © 2005 |
The book Survivors features the riveting true stories of eight Jewish people who were children during World War II and the Nazi invasion. The book tells of children that were victims of Nazi persecution, who managed to struggle through terrible times. It tells the tales of heroism and bravery, of cruel brutality, of wisdom beyond years. It shows how, with little food and horrible conditions, in the midst of death, in spite of everything during that awful tragedy we know as the Holocaust, some children had the tremendous willpower and strength it took to survive.
I enjoyed reading this book. The inspiring stories of survivors captured and held my attention. It helped me learn more about the Holocaust and helped make what had always seemed just history become more real and alive. Each account has its own moral, its own message shown through the story of someone whose life was really saved. The language of the book is fairly simple, but the meanings run deeper. I think this book would be suitable for middle school students. I really thought this was an excellent book and recommend it to kids looking for a good, moving and gripping story about the survivors of the Holocaust.
~ Ellyanna Kessler, grade 8,