katfish59's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Great story. What a life she had to live! I can't even imagine. It is an elementary level book on the Holocaust and definitely reads like an elementary book, but is great for a younger crowd.
jewelzbooks44's review
5.0
Short meaningful story ive now enjoyed twice. Still is hard to read but well worth it.
leighannmaerz's review
2.0
Story was very fact. fact. fact. fact. fact. and not so much weaving a story throughout.
val_halla's review
4.0
A good story, though it is difficult to hear the subject's "voice" in this book. Still, I'm glad that it was written.
pinkrain718's review
4.0
Students read this book as part of our Holocaust unit. I had the opportunity to read it along with a group of 6th graders and all of use agreed this was a great story. Kaufman tells her story in a clear way, answering many questions my students had about the Holocaust within the text. I highly recommend this book for 5/6th grade readers interested in this time period.
iceangel9's review
3.0
The true story of a Jewish child in Poland during WWII. After her parents were killed by the Nazi's, her grandmother arranges to smuggle Lola out of the ghetto and into the home of a woman named Anna who hides her. The book is written for younger readers so many of the brutal horrors of the War are glossed over, but readers will still feel for this small child who must struggle to find herself in a world that is not always a wonderful place. A good introductory novel of the Holocaust.
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