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The Cat with the Yellow Star by Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Weissberger

The Cat with the Yellow Star

Coming of Age in Terezin

By Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Weissberger

By Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Weissberger

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Jan 02, 2008 | ISBN 9780823421541 | Middle Grade (8-12)

The Cat with the Yellow Star by Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Weissberger
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About The Cat with the Yellow Star

Ela Stein was eleven years old in February of 1942 when she was sent to the Terezin concentration camp with other Czech Jews. By the time she was liberated in 1945, she was fifteen. Somehow during those horrendous three-and-a-half years of sickness, terror, separation from loved ones, and loss, Ela managed to grow up. Although conditions were wretched, Ela forged lifelong friendships with other girls from Room 28 of her barracks. Adults working with the children tried their best to keep up the youngest prisoners’ spirits. A children’s opera called Brundibar was even performed, and Ela was chosen to play the pivotal role of the cat. Yet amidst all of this, the feared transports to death camps and death itself were a part of daily life. Full of sorrow, yet persistent in its belief that humans can triumph over evil; this unusual memoir tells the story of an unimaginable coming of age.

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Product Details

Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

Paperback | $8.99
Published by Holiday House
Jan 02, 2008 | 40 Pages | 10 x 10 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780823421541

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“With sepia-tone family photographs and children’s full-color artwork on every page, this poignant biography of a Holocaust survivor tells middle-grade readers what happened without concealment or exploitation. . . . Rubin tells Weissberger’s story of being a Jewish child in that camp, including how the young prisoners rehearsed and performed the opera Brundibár.”―Booklist

* “This finely tuned collaboration weaves together narrative and memories into one cohesive story of trauma, friendship, and survival. . . . Rich in detail, yet not overwhelmingly dire, this is a book about remembering. . . .”―School Library Journal (starred review)

“Rubin’s title satisfyingly captures an astonishing Holocaust episode.”―Kirkus Reviews

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