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The Doll with the Yellow Star
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The Doll with the Yellow Star
Author(s): Yona Zeldis McDonough
Review(s):
"This solemnly straightforward chapter book follows Claudine, a Jewish French girl, and her beloved doll Violette as her world is turned upside down twice: first when the Nazis occupy France, and then again when the eight-year-old must leave Papa and Maman behind in Paris to seek safety with relatives in America. ...Root's spot art and full-page illustrations convey a simple poignancy." - Publishers Weekly
ISBN: 9780805099362
Author(s): Yona Zeldis McDonough
A tender story about the power of love in the face of loss
Nine-year-old Claudine doesn't want to leave her much-loved home in France to go live in America, not without her parents. But she knows about the shortages, about the yellow stars Jews must wear, and about Adolf Hitler. And she knows that there are some things she needs to do even when she doesn't want to. It's wartime, and there is much that is different now. There are more things that Claudine will lose to this terrible war. But not everything that is lost must be lost forever. Here is a moving story about lost and found lives, and the healing power of love.
Review(s):
"This solemnly straightforward chapter book follows Claudine, a Jewish French girl, and her beloved doll Violette as her world is turned upside down twice: first when the Nazis occupy France, and then again when the eight-year-old must leave Papa and Maman behind in Paris to seek safety with relatives in America. ...Root's spot art and full-page illustrations convey a simple poignancy." - Publishers Weekly
ISBN: 9780805099362