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Dancing on the Bridge of Avignon
Price: $44.99 Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780395720394
ISBN: 0395720397
Label: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 183
Publication Date: October 30, 1995
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
For ten-year-old Rosa de Jong, dreams are her refuge from everyday life in Nazi-occupied Holland. Dreams and one other thing - her music, for Rosa is a talented violinist. Like other Jewish children, she can no longer go to school, but she still has her violin lessons with old Mr. Goldstein. Rosa's parents have a dream, too, one they hardly dare mention except in jokes about dancing in Avignon. But will their wartime dreams come true?
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
(Actually, 4.5 stars)
Like Ida Vos's other books, this one too closely mirrors the story of her own family in Holland under the Nazi occupation; the de Jongs are from Groningen, have moved to Rijswijk, there are two young sisters of about the same age as the two sisters in 'Hide and Seek' and 'The Key Is Lost' (as well as the approximate ages Ida and her own younger sister Esther were), the family are living out in the open until the situation gets too worse to ignore, and the young ... Read More
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This story is about a ten year old girl named Rosa and her family. They are treated unfairly because they were Jews. There are signs abandoning Jews from several things. Some of the things they are abandoned from are the Public Swimming Pool, Park, Library, even some stores. Rosa, her sister, and other Jewish children were even kicked out of their schools. One day Rosa's father came home and told Rosa and her little Silvie that they were going to a new school. They weren't so excited, because they ... Read More
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I love this book because I'm Jewish and I want to learn about the holcost. I loved it because it was filled with info.
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Rosa De Jong is a ten-year-old girl living in Holland occupied by the Nazis. She is a talented young violinist that takes lessons from a man named Mr. Goldenstein. Rosa is a EJwish girl and the kids at her school make fun of her and dont like her at all. So Rosa stays inside and daydreams about all the Nazis disappearing.
I disliked this book because at times it got sort of boring. It kind of depressed me because of all the killing, but at other times I liked it because it taught me a lot ... Read More
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I read this book about 5 years ago, in 5th grade, as I have been a Holocaust nutcase since I was 11 years old. I've read everything I can get my hands on, gone to the USHMM, memorials, museums, written Miep Gies, and I can quote Anne Frank from memory. I remember taking this book out among other stacks of Holocaust Young Reader books from our small library-well, I doubt I ever returned it. Ida Vos is a genius. (And the translater, Inez Schmidt) This is a super, touching, book.
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