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Published
2006
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Subgenre
Historical
Section
Middle Grade

Yellow Star

Jennifer Roy

Based on her aunt's true story, Jennifer Roy tells of Syvia, who was four when the Nazis forced her family into the Lodz ghetto and one of only twelve children still alive there at liberation.

  • Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor 2006
  • Sydney Taylor Honor 2007
  • William Allen White Children's Book Award (Grades 6–8) 2009
  • ALSC Notable Children's Book 2007
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Themes

War & conflictFamilyResilience & survivalReal lives & history

Mood

Feels emotional, sad, challenging.

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