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Mama and I climbed aboard. I waved to Papa until he was only a tiny speck in the distance. The train turned the curve, and he was gone.The powerful autobiographical account of a young girls' struggle as a Jewish refugee in England from 1939-1945.
Lexile Measure: 690L (What's this?)
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); Owlet ed edition (October 15, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805042512
ISBN-13: 978-0805042511
Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 0.4 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #889,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #156 in Books > Children's Books > Religions > Judaism #537 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > History > Military & Wars #1436 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > Historical
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Kindertransport This is the best book I have read relating in a personal way to World War Two. The way it is written makes it seem like Ollie (the main character) is telling you her life story. Ollie was from an affluent Jewish family that lived in Germany. Before the war began she had a nice life with a nanny, cook, brother, and parents. One by one these were taken away as Hitler increased power. Her nanny and cook were both taken away because no one was allowed to work for a Jewish person. Ollie's brother moved to England to goto school and get away from Hitler. Her dad was taken to a concentration camp but was released only if he would leave the country. The papers to leave were hard to find but Ollie's parents contacted Kindertransport. Kindertransport is a group of people that helped get children out of the country before Hitler got them. It was because of them that Ollie managed to leave Germany. At that time she was only 10 years old, so she really didn't realize what was happening. She left her family and moved to England. The first family she lived with was poor and wasn't very friendly. She contracted lice and her parents found an old rich friend of theirs. Again they weren't very welcoming but it was clean. She was moved again this time to a boarding school. The kids became more friendly to her as she learned English. She made friends and lived with one of them for the summer. When school came back into session the war was escalating. The school was forced to close due to the war and lack of students. She moved in with a very nice Catholic family. That was her home for a little while until she was moved because she was getting too much Catholic religion. Her next family was her last "family".
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