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I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust
I Have Lived A Thousand Years Growing Up In The Holocaust
Author: Livia Bitton-Jackson
In a graphic present-tense narrative, this Holocaust memoir describes what happens to a Jewish girl who is 13 when the Nazis invade Hungary in 1944. She tells of a year of roundups, transports, selections, camps, torture, forced labor, and shootings, then of liberation and the return of a few. For those who have read Leitner's stark The Big Lie ...  more »
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780689823954
ISBN-10: 0689823959
Pages: 224
Reading Level: Young Adult
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4.3 stars, based on 55 ratings
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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auntshamaine avatar reviewed I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust on + 15 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This is a GREAT read. I read it in one day. I would not exactly categorize this with Young Adult, though some would. It is graphic in details. If you are looking for a "true story" read instead of a work of fiction this is it. Also recommended to the reader who is trying to learn more about what daily life was like in the Concentration camps.
reviewed I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A very moving book. I was actually surprised at how much it affected me. I think it is a worthwile read for young adults. However, I would reccomend reading it ahead of time before you have your child or class read it.
LISACHERIE avatar reviewed I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust on + 7 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A powerful, first-hand look at a 13 year olds life in a concentration camp where cruelty and suffering is a way of life; A bowl of watered down soup or a potato peel is a delicacy and a decent pair of shoes or a scrap of tattered clothing is something to dream about. A must read for everyone. Let us never forget the victims of the Holocaust. This is a book that is suitable for both teenagers and adults.
TXGrobanite avatar reviewed I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust on + 270 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Wonderful book...I read this in one night as I couldn't put it down. She describes how they were taken by the Gestapo and describes much more in detail her life in the camps. Very sad stories but a great and worthwhile read...highly recommended.
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Helpful Score: 1
Good book on the Holocaust experience. Very short chapters, a fast read and appropriate for older children interested in this subject. I wanted to know more about what happened to them after the war so an epilogue would have been great.
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reviewed I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust on + 204 more book reviews
Moving personal account of the author's experience as a young girl in various concentration and labor camps.


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