Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo: Revised Edition

Amazing!!!!!

5 stars all around. This book was really the best book EVER. It was so informative and just gave you a good understanding of how it was like to be a child in a war-torn city, where when you looked outside, you didnt see blue skies, they were BLACK. She didnt see kids playing outside, she saw DEATH. It was dangerous to GO TO SCHOOL, nevermind play with her friends. once again, Amazing book.

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Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo

this book was a great experence. reading a childs diary from when she/he was in war. i never thought that living in war was that bad. well, actually i know it would but wheni was reading this book, i really felt that i was in the same spot light as Zlata i realized that even reading this book made me consintrate on what life is like living in a toown with a war going on in that town.

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An inspiring memoir of war, love, hope, and peace

Zlata's Diary is a touching memoir, by Zlata Filipovic, about her, a young girl whose beloved homeland goes up in flames when a war breaks out. Zlata's Diary is about an 11 year old girl who struggles through her young life, living in the middle of war in Sarajevo. She talks about how the horrible war took her childhood away; she says that it visibly ages her parents. The communication between her friends and family is gone, for there is no power, and the post office has been burned to the ground. There is nothing her and her parents can do but sit and wait. Once she cries out "BOREDOM!!! SHOOTING!!! SHELLING!!! PEOPLE BEING KILLED!!! DESPAIR!!! HUNGER!!! MISERY!!! FEAR!!!" (PG 65.) She talks about how the war has killed her loved ones, and even innocent children she has barely met. Just imagine a world filled without power, water, and little food, a world with shooting and bombing, killing and constant fear.
This is one of my favorite books, because it can show people how hard life is for some people and how some take it for granted. I would recommend this book for older kids and teens, because it's all about war and how it is ruining the life of the people who are forced to live in the middle of it. It may be about war, but if you think about it, it's more about love, hope, and fear. Would you be able to live through such horror? Imagine being forced to.

A reviewer

This book starts with Zlata talking, in diary entrys, about the war nearby her home. It later goes on to talk about the bombing and shellings in Sarajevo, her home. The author, Zlata Filipovic, does a good job to convey the reader to keep reading, even though when she wrote it that wasnt her purpose. She talks about tramatic events during the war and hard times which makes you want to keep reading to see the outcome. Something that I like about this book is that the book is in diary entrys. I like this because she talks about the most exciting times, and its not boring. But something that confused me in this book was the location of the war in the beginning of the book. I recall her mentioning the war nearby, but i dont think the location. I also dont really understand or know why the troops came over to her home country, or how the war spread. Someone who might enjoy this book or find it interesting would be someone who doesnt really know what war is like or the situations some people are in. It taught me very much about the hardships people have to live with and what war really is like.

Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo

Zlata's Diary is about a young girl living her life in Sarajevo. Zlata is a young girl who was to go through war, and watches her beloved ones, friends and family pass away. She has to live her life not being able to go to school or play outside, she even has to be catious of going out into her front yard. The author Zlata Filipovic, does a good job of engaging the reader. She explains so much in the story and gives every little detail as if you're there. I like how at the end of the book Zlata gets to go back to school, but I still don't understand why the war broke out in the first place. I think people who enjoy history and learning more about historical events will enjoy this book.

Amazing book

This book is absolutely amazing. One of those books you just can't put down. You have to know what's going to happen to Zlata and her family next. What's going to happen to her family and friends.

Oh man.

This book wasn't that great.It was like a diffrent verison of Anne Frank but shorter, with less suspence!!Sorry!!

Zalta's Story Touches the Heart

This book has the power to touch the hearts of anyone who reads it. It is the diary of little Zalta- a girl trapped in the midst of Yugoslavia's war. The book is very similar to the Diary of Ann Frank. It shows how one girl's happy life is changed forever. It is absolutely touching!

A reviewer

Zlata is a child,she has not seen the whole world yet and hasn't realized many things. She has a wonderful life until the war breaks out.She sees many thing that she never thought she would ever see happen. Zlata's friend gets killed in the war in the very park they had hung out in. It's sad how they have to go through that conflict. Will it ever end?

An eleven year old surivives with her family during bosnian war

I would reccomed this book Zlata's Diary to others to read. Is really interesting how Zlata was a really strong girl during the war. She lost a lot of her close friend some of them died or they moved out of Saravejo. There were nights when they did not have electricity, water, and gas.Sometimes she would not go to school. because of the shelling of the war.She survived in though she went through a lot problems for her and her family.

Grace, a 5th grader

This book is a great book that you will never forget. An amazing story of hope, sorrow, and courage, it is a very powerful diary.

Awesome Book

I loved this book, its one of those that keeps your interest and is hardto put down because u r so curious of what will happen next! I would reccomend this book to anyone!

In Times of War

This is the story about a young girl growing up in Sarajevo. She was a very normal girl, she played piano, went to school, enjoyed sports, hated boys, and even liked to dance. Although when she was around 10, a war broke out near her home. She was forced to move out, live in harsh war conditions without gas, heating, or sometimes even food. All this caused her to feel like she couldn't go on anymore. Living in a country at war isn't very easy at all, especially when as a child you don't even know why the war is being fought. One thing I liked about this book was that it was a diary, the story wasn't altered to make it seem more interesting. It was all true. I really enjoy true stories. This book seemed very sad, but when I really sat down to think about it, it was simply about a girl wanting to get her story out there about the true harsh reality of a war. I guess this book really opened my eyes to what a war is really like. Although this book was great, I didn't like the fact that it was an Anne frank repeat. It was very interesting to read but it seemed like the girl wrote it just to have it published instead of for herself. It didn't seem like a true diary, it seemed like a book. I know what I write about in my diary and what I would write about during hard times, but the things she said just didn't make it seem to sincere. In the end I did enjoy this book though. I would recomend it to a younger crowd of kids though, middle school aged.

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It continues!

In the same voice as Anne Frank, Zlata has kept a journal of the painful living, she and her family, had to endure through the through the war in Sarajevo. A book that proves that people do endure through the toughest of times!

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Zlata

This book was an amazing insight to the tragic things the people of Sarejevo faced. It was emotionally moving and had a great impact on how i now view the world i live in.

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A wonderful, but terrible, story

This was a wonderful story of her life. It was horrible to read what she went through at such a young age.

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Heart Breaking

I am proud to be an american. I understand your story. This story is very sad.

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Its good

My review is that this story end differently as I expected. It looks like it didn't have no end. I realize that this was a true story. It was diffrent as the other books I read.It was wierd when the scences changing from one place to another.

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A Sad Life in Zlata's Diary

A very sad life that Zlata had in Sarajevo. I think she should earn all the stars and a medal because how she kept people reading in the book. How? Well, Zlata is basically a homeless person, and tries to find a way not to think about what was going up above ground.

moving to the heart

It was a moving life story of a girl with a heart of gold.