Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy is a Holocaust biography written in verse. Roy's aunt Sylvia was one of 12 children to survive the forced settlement in the Lodz ghetto. Of the 270,000 Jews and Gypsies living in this ghetto, there were only about 800 survivors.
Roy states that she attempted to write her aunt's story in a variety of styles: non-fiction, third person, but finally settled on first person. Written using her aunt's own words, each verse expresses a small child's view of her changing world. As the years pass by, you can sense Sylvia's better understanding of ghetto and her daily fear.
I enjoyed the first person perspective and my heart filled with sadness imagining my daughter rather than Sylvia. How fortunate we are that she shared her story.
About Me
- Kristin_G
- I've always loved reading. I was the kid who would chose sitting inside on a warm summer day reading, instead of playing outside. Sending me to my room as punishment would backfire -- all of my books were in my room! I needed a job where I would be required to read. I've been teaching middle school students since 1996. Depending on who you talk to that either makes me a saint or insane. I'm currently teaching 8th grade Language Arts, Literature and Algebra. Quite a combination and one you don't see too often. Unfortunately, life has gotten in the way of reading. 2010 is going to change that! My husband and I met in a chat room in 1998. We've been married since 2005 and have a beautiful daughter, Amelia, who was born in 2007. The three of us, our many, many books and our menagerie of animals (5 cats, 2 gerbils and an assortment of fish) live quite happily in the suburbs of Chicago.
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