I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust
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| ISBN-13: | 9780689823954 |
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| Publisher: | Simon Pulse |
| Publication date: | 03/01/1999 |
| Edition description: | Reprint |
| Pages: | 224 |
| Sales rank: | 27,347 |
| Product dimensions: | 4.18(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.70(d) |
| Lexile: | 720L (what's this?) |
| Age Range: | 12 - 17 Years |
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I am 12 years old. I may be young, but I am not too young to think this is the best book I've ever read. I'm not going to write one of those sappy reviews that says how much this book changed my life, but I will say that it is an amazing book! I had to read it for my 6th grade class and once I started reading, I just couldn't stop! I took the book everywhere with me because it pulls you in. The book talks about a young girl trying to keep up with her family. She has to deal with the death of relatives and possibly death for herself. She is too young to work, so the only thing left to do is o hide. I hope you read this book because it truley is great!
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This is an amazing book. I haven't read such a moving story in a looong time. It was incredible how Elli managed to keep herself and her mom alive. I couldn't put the book down and finished it in 2 days. I love the authors writing style. If you like reading Holocaust survivor stories, I totally recommend this one.
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i read this book last year and i fell in love with it. I feel everyon shiuld try to read this book, for it is so amazing. I really felt like i was right there with ellike. I felt like i had know her foever. Such a great book! Even for younger kids becaus i was 10 when i read the book
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Wow this book was amazing i couldn't leave the book alone longer for a minute. I recomend this book to people 12 years or older because there is some parts in this book that is not apporite for younger readers. I loved this soooo much but it was very sad. It it manily about a 13 year old girl growing up in the holocaust and it is about what had happened.
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I LOVE THIS BOOK! I read it 5 times. It gives you a really good look at the Halocaust because it is a true story about the author. I learned so much just from this one book than any other book i've read about the halocaust!! Also at the end it gives you a timeline of the events in the book and definitions of any words in the book you may not know. If you like Anne Frank then you should read this book for sure! Probabley best halocaust book ive ever read!
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WOW! I am in the process of reading this book and wow is all i can say!
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I have one word for this book, AMAZING. I just could not put it down. My Language Arts teacher had to literally ask me to put it down andpay attention to the lesson! It is a truly touching story and now im reading the second book. A must read.
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I could not put this book down. It has helped me understand what these people went through. I have also had the priviledge to being a student of Livia Bitton Jackson. She is an amazing woman who never lost her sense of life, humor, and kindness in spite of what she endured. She is an inspiration, and lesson that nothing is impossible. She truly is remarkable.
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This is one of the most heroic stories of perseverance and the belief that no matter how ugly humanity can be, there are amazing people in the word. Elli is one of those incredible, brave survivors of the Holocaust. I use this book in my 8th grade classes and it creates deep discussion of human nature.
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It scary and sad how horrible thejews were treated they are really no different than people like you andme.
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I read this book for english and i thought it was gunna be boring but i was totally wrong!!!!!!!! Best bookever!!
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This book is a great book if you like a fiction novel that will touch your heart. It takes place in Europe and the protagonist is Elli, a 14 year old Jewish girl. Who lives with her family and loves to go to school. Her father owns a small pawn shop and that is there only income. When her brother Bubi comes home, unexpected, and tells everyone that Budapest was invaided by the Germans, his father says it was a false alarm. The next day Bubi goes back to Budapest and later that day the rest of the family hears on the radio that it was not a false alarm. To find what happens next, get reading! P.C.
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I don't even know where to start. The book was phenomenal. It made me cry to hear the atrocities that happened in this world.
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I am a high school sophomore and I had to read this book for part of my research project on the Holocaust. While reading this book, I have come across to many emotions. Some of them being sadness, happiness, devastation, etc. I enjoyed the funny parts yet I would shed tears later on in the book. Elli’s story made me realize that no matter what age you are, you can go through so much in such little time. For all the books Iv’e read in my 16 years of living, I have never come across such a heartbreaking coming-of-age story. Besides the story of Elli, the book was very informative and taught me who did what to who. By this I mean that I learned that the SS German Soldiers were involved and not just the Nazis. Another thing that really stood out to me was how the story was written. It felt as if I was there right next to Elli because of how well the setting and her thoughts were described. I would definitely recommend this to a teenage girl because if though they may not like the Holocaust, this book has a story of Elli, a teenager who didn’t give up a fight, who was optimistic, and most of all, who was loving to the people around her.
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Of all the Holocaust books I have read, this one I found the most intrigueing, as it was a 1st person narrative that fully conveyed the misery and emotional despair of this time period.
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I'm in tears... Such a heartbreaking and remarkable story of survival.
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What sets Bitton-Jackson's Holocaust memoir apart from the others is that it is simultaneously poetic and graphic. Also, the entire book is written in the first-person which gives it a startling immediacy. It has garnered hundreds of deservedly glowing reviews, both here and on Amazon, so I won't take the trouble of summarizing it but the following sections hit me upside the head: Her short-lived joyful ethnic pride that she discovered in the Jewish ghetto: "For the first time in my life, I am happy to be a Jew . . . The cock-feathered policement who had trampled on our sofas and our self-esteem, the Gentile neighbors who were afraid to say good-bye, the Jancsi Novaks, the kind, gentle friends who have not attempted to send a note of synpathy, the peasant wagon drivers who dutifully accepted wages from us for delivering us to the enemy . . . they all are on the other side of the fence. A tall fence separates us. A world separates us because they do not understand. "But we, on this side of the fence, we understand. We put up sheets around bathtubs in the yard in order to take baths. We cook on open stoves, We stand in long lines for the toilet. No friendship or love binds as this deep, spontaneous, easy mutuality." The graphic description of concentration camp food, clearer than any I've read elsewhere: "I snatch the bread from Mommy's hand (she had refused to eat it) and begin to eat. The dry, mudlike lump turns into wet sand particles in my mouth. . . "When the bowl of food is handed to me, I am unable to take a gulp. It is a dark green, thick mass in a battered washbowl crusted with dirt. No spoons. You tilt the bowl until the mass slides to the edge, then gulp. The dark mush smells and looks repulsive. The edge of the bowl is rusty and cracked and uneven with dried-on smut. My nausea returns in a flash." And to add fodder to the eternal question of how much did war-time Germans outside the SS really know about the concentration camps, there is an interesting chapter titled "This Must be Heaven" in which some clearly astonished Wehrmacht officials running a Luftwaffe factory who have requested female laborers from Auschwitz don't recognize the arriving inmates as women, ask them where their luggage is (which causes much laughter among the inmates), and ask for their actual names. When one officer tells Bitton-Jackson's partially paralyzed mother not to worry, that "here you will get better. We will take good care of you" the daughter's response is "I am surely dreaming." A stunning Holocaust memoir, simultaneously poetic and graphic.
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Really difficult book to read because of content, although not as graphic as some. Reminiscent of Eli Wiesel's "Night" except daughter steps into parenting role and miraculously, mother, daughter and son end their concentration camp horror on the same train, in the same car and alive, although barely.Amazing story of courage and the strength of the soul.
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A very good book about growing up in the Holocaust. Very good for young readers.
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I¿ve read my fair share of Holocaust memoirs but this is the one I will recommend to everyone. I was blown away by Elli Friedmann¿s account of her unbelievable start to teenage life. She was only 13 when the Nazis invaded Hungary. The book is vivid and descriptive. There were one or two points where I actually had to close the book for a moment just to reflect on the suffering experienced.The memoir is a book unlike any I have ever read and will stay with me for life. I would go as far to say it would be in my top twenty books of all time. It is amazing that she lived to tell her tale and in fact it is quite unreal how many times she escapes immediate death. Her courage and determination is admirable and I felt humbled to be able to read such a devastating account of Occupation, Auschwitz and beyond.
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Supremely moving. This short but powerful book was supremely moving. I had doubts about the subject matter, whether it would be too horrific for me to continue, but the author maintained the perfect balance. I was left overawed that humans could treat each other so badly, yet humbled by the way Ellie managed to keep herself and her ailing mother alive against all the odds. Their story began with the German invasion of Budapest in 1944. Their business had already been confiscated and they were regularly harassed by the Hungarian authorities. Next, their valuables were taken and they had to wear an identifying yellow star which was also painted on the wall of their house. Finally, they were evicted to the ghetto at Nagymagyar, hundreds, cramped into tiny spaces with only the food they had brought with them, enclosed by guarded fencing. Ellie's beloved father was taken to a labour camp and the rest of the family was subsequently moved out to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. All children and the elderly were gassed, while women from 16 to 45 were sent to do hard labour. Ellie was advised to lie about being 14 and her blonde hair helped too. There follows a painful introduction into the gruelling life of the camp, food is scarce and standing in the cold awaiting roll call could take several hours. I was not aware that inmates moved about from camp to camp so much, but Ellie and her mother underwent a number of long journeys in train wagons, with no food or water for days, as they were shunted around between camps. This is an awe inspiring account of survival that I am so glad to have had the opportunity to read. I highly recommend this book to young adults and adults alike.
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The author tells the story of how she survived the concentration camps. Excellent book.
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There's so much to say about this book, and especially, the writer herself. Though the story is heartbreaking, the fact that she survived to tell the tale of her nightmarish survival of the Holocaust gives the world hope. And, that the world can never allow this kind of inhumanity to ever happen again. It makes me so sad and so mad that anyone can hate others so much just because their religious beliefs differ. RESIST!!
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I throughly enjoyed this book. It is a fast read and I highly recommend it. I can't even imagine wgat Elli and her famiky went through and survived.
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I am a high school sophomore and I had to read this book for part of my research project. This book was interesting, beautiful, sad, and most of all, hopeful. I could not put this book down. The events that took place kept me on the edge of my seat. The history and background was intriguing to read and never left me bored. The book also gave a sense of beauty because of Elli's heart. The love for her mother, brother, and her father, was beautiful. The book did have sadness but that didn't stop me from reading it. It kept me continuing to read it because of the events that where happening in the book. Lastly, this book was hopeful. The reason liked this book so much is because of Elli's hope throughout the book. Because of all the hardships she goes through, she still keeps her hope. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in reading about the Holocaust. Its a really good read.
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