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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 943.0860922
EAN: 9780689318306
ISBN: 0689318308
Label: Atheneum
Manufacturer: Atheneum
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: June 01, 1995
Publisher: Atheneum
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Atheneum
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Presents the stories of Eleanor Ayer, a Jewish girl who hid in the Netherlands before she was arrested and sent to Auschwitz, and Alfons, a Nazi boy who became a commander at age sixteen, in a dual tale that demonstrates Hitler's impact on German youth.
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My daughter was assigned this for her 6th grade Language Arts class. I read it then as well. I plan on saving it and suggesting that she read it again as an adult. It was powerful and moving and real.
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This book was so interesting! Looking at the same world happenings from two different effects was fascinating. There is a lot of literature about concentration camp survivor stories but to parallel that with the story of a Nazi youth brought it into a whole different light. Loved it!
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This book..drew me in like a book had been incapable of doing for a while. I read it for a book report, because I enjoy reading about history. I have never had such an easier time recaling facts from a work before...I found myself becoming so thouroughly entwined with the story in my report on it, that I was near tears, and my voice was shaking. Just through telling the story, the whole room was silent. I would highly reccomend this book to anyone with a mind who is willing to use it.
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Although this was a book about great sorrow and despair, the strength of the human spirit shines through in the heart and mind of Helen Waterford. What was also astounding was the thoughts and emotions of Alfons Heck. What a horrific time--more than the mind can comprehend...and what a truly amazing journey of the souls that brought these two people together.
I highly recommend this book to everyone. I just finished reading it and passed it along to my daughter.
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The world must never forget the holocaust. Today some people espouse a theory that the nearly 12,000,000 deaths (6,000,000 of them Jews) at the hands of the Nazi party never happened. This sad, but honest, tale traces the lives of two persons who lived through that era. Helen Waterford was a Jew who experienced the atrocities first hand. Alfons Heck was a high ranking member of Hitler's youth. Both lived to tell their tales. Both met each other after the war. Both told their tales together. ... Read More
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