danielsstory

__ Daniel’s Story __ by Carol Matas ISBN: 0-590-46588-0 ©1993 131 pages

-pp. 3-top of 4 where Daniel is on the train starting to talk about his photos (which he does throughout the book to recount the story)
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Daniel and his family are rounded up like the other Jews in the late 1930’s. He boards a train with his family with pictures…ones that he will talk about throughout the book. They tell a story, much like any photo album would. However, Daniel’s story is far like any you’ve read. His is one of torture, heartbreak, violence, and finally, redemption. Only after he loses almost everyone he has ever known and loved does the story end with the liberation of the Jews. Although fictional, this book is very powerful with too close of a look into a ghetto and concentration camp.
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YA fiction: historical fiction; Germany; Jews; Nazi; ghetto; Poland; Auschwitz


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