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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
This is an amazing book- and it's based on a true story!
Loved this book when my teacher read it us in 4th grade (36 yrs ago) and it remains one of my favorites.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
~ First read in 2008 ~
I can't really do a "What I liked / What I disliked" so I'll just say that this book is wonderfully written and that the description of their life in Rubtsovsk (in Siberia) is very rich.
I really do think that everybody should read this book at least once.
I can't really do a "What I liked / What I disliked" so I'll just say that this book is wonderfully written and that the description of their life in Rubtsovsk (in Siberia) is very rich.
I really do think that everybody should read this book at least once.
One of my favourite books as a child. It helped me to understand what my dad and his family went through under similar circumstances...
My mom unloaded this on me with several other of her book club's past picks. I read it in a couple of hours on our ride home. It is the autobiographical story of a young Jewish girl living in exile in Russia during WWII. Unlike other reviewers here, I did not think the book was slow paced. I really liked it.
Another book I remember vividly. There is a part when she is commissioned to knit a red jumper from one of the women also in exile, and she does it perfectly, but the woman has got fat because she had access to a cow and it's milk and won't pay for the jumper as it doesn't fit. The injustice of it still makes boil!
This is a story that kept me up late as a result of its wonderful writing! I'd recommend this to anyone.