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A review by jenmat1197
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović
4.0
This is the diary of a girl named Zlata. In the early 1990s when Zlata was 11 years old and enjoying a typical young girl's life, a war was starting. It slowly trickled to where she lived in Bosnia causing World War II like conditions for the country. Quickly electricity became scarce and then non-existent. Water, gas, and food became things to ration carefully. Winter came and Zlata's family had to start to burn furniture just to keep warm.
Zlata had started her diary shortly before the war broke out, and for 2 years she kept almost a daily account of what was happening around her. Through the eyes of a young girl, we learn what war was like for children. And at the age of 13, when she finally escaped to Paris with her family and she was free from Bosnia's war, the relief she felt was expressed at the end of her diary.
This was a quick read, and an interesting perspective of the war. Like Anne Frank's diary (except with much less detail), we get to hear what it was like for a child. I have two 12 year old children myself, and I can imagine them writing the exact same way if they kept a diary. IT is innocent and focuses on what children miss the most and how very little understand they have of grown up problems.
It is a good read. I encourage you to try it for yourself.
Zlata had started her diary shortly before the war broke out, and for 2 years she kept almost a daily account of what was happening around her. Through the eyes of a young girl, we learn what war was like for children. And at the age of 13, when she finally escaped to Paris with her family and she was free from Bosnia's war, the relief she felt was expressed at the end of her diary.
This was a quick read, and an interesting perspective of the war. Like Anne Frank's diary (except with much less detail), we get to hear what it was like for a child. I have two 12 year old children myself, and I can imagine them writing the exact same way if they kept a diary. IT is innocent and focuses on what children miss the most and how very little understand they have of grown up problems.
It is a good read. I encourage you to try it for yourself.