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Orphan Number Eight
Orphan Number Eight
Author: Kim van Alkemade
In 1919, Rachel Rabinowitz is a vivacious four-year-old living with her family in a crowded tenement on New York City’s Lower Eastside. When tragedy strikes, Rachel is separated from her brother Sam and sent to a Jewish orphanage where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research. Subjected to X-ray treatments that leave her disfigur...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780062338303
ISBN-10: 0062338307
Publication Date: 7/7/2015
Pages: 416
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 24 ratings
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
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njmom3 avatar reviewed Orphan Number Eight on + 1361 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Orphan #8, the debut novel by Kim van Alkemade, illuminates horrific history about the use of orphaned children in scientific experiments. Through the eyes of Rachel Rabinowitz, the book documents the physical and emotional scars these children carried the rest of their lives. While I did not love the book, I do honor and respect the history documented in this book. May these children always be remembered.

Read my complete review at: http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2015/08/orphan-8.html

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lisarigge avatar reviewed Orphan Number Eight on
What an amazing book this is about the way it was to live in an Orphanage. It also brings to light how the children were used as experiments to test medical procedures ! I feel this is an important read !


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