I have included in "Middle" as a reading level for this book, but I
would highly recommend that it be read first before inclusion into a
middle school collection as the situation and language is graphic.
This is a haunting story, perhaps even more so because of its simple
style. Each chapter relates some event in "the camp," a father's
recollection of life in a concentration camp during the Holocaust as
told to his children when they asked him for "stories."
This is not a pretty book. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless it
was read first. The descriptions of life (and death) in a concentration
camp are intensely graphic. What grabbed me was the reaction of his sons
and daughter to what their father experienced. Skepticism, fear,
anguish, these are what came through for me. Why wasn't their father
like other fathers? Why didn't their family believe in the same things
that their neighbors did? How could they be saved, if they didn't
believe? So much confusion for the children of a Holocaust survivor. And
what about future generations. How will these stories be handed down.
This is a novel, but the afterword leads us to believe that truth is
greater than fiction.
I can't say "enjoy" this book, but read it anyway.
Adam
Adam Janowski
Library Media Specialist
Naples High School
1100 Golden Eagle Circle
Naples, FL 34102
E-mail: NHSWebmaster@collier.k12.fl.us
Phone: 239-430-6644 Ext. 390
Fax: 239-430-6673
Library web site: http://collier.k12.fl.us/nhs/lmc/
School web site: http://collier.k12.fl.us/nhs/
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