Friedrich (Puffin Books)

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Summary: A compeling novel you must have in your libraray
Review: As a 12 year old student I decided to read "Friedrich" a novel about the holocaust and how it treats him. Hans is Friedrich best friend and the author of the book. He saw and heard everything that happened to Friedrichin the book. At frist, Friedrich is more fortune then his friend Hans, who is poor, but as you read on, freidrich's life changed. His father is fored to quit his job because Hitler doesn't allow jew to own a business. Friedrich is kick out of school becuase Hitler thinks Jew don't deserve an education. Worst when he's gone, the evil Nazis beat and killed his mother and sent his father to a concentreation camp. This book isn't all about Friedrich's torture. His friends and family help him by taking care of him and giving him a picture of his parents to remember them by. "Friedrich" is a compelling heart warming book. I rate it on a scale of 1-10 a 10, because this is the first novel I enjoyed. This book made me think about why God would ever let this happen. It almost made me cry, then I remembered how his friends helped him and it stopped the tears.

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Summary: Freidrich- Great Book!!
Review: Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter

Friedrich was just an ordinary boy living in Germany, his family had enough money and they had a lot of friends. All of a sudden his dad looses his job, then civilians riot against him and his family and other people like him, then he gets expelled from school. All because he's a Jew.
This story is a powerful tale about a boy named Friedrich told from his best friend's point of view. Friedrich's life gets worse and worse as his family gets destroyed through all the pressure they had. Friedrich and the narrator are best friends through everything they have to go through. Even Friedrich's dad starts to change for the worse as the story goes on. This story shows how to stand up for what you know is right and t hat is definitely why it is so powerful.
I think this story is one of the best stories I have ever read because the theme throughout it is very strong but it is not told in a little kid sort of way. The book is not intended for little kids because it is told with all the parts of the Second World War in it and some parts can be very bloody. This book gives one of the clearest ideas of what happened in World War Two.
This book would appeal to many people. I have never really been interested in World War 2, but it really interested me. The only people that this book might not appeal to is little kids. The deaths of many people close to Friedrich and the behavior of some of the Nazis in this book is awful, scary, and sick. But again it gives a good picture of what it must have been like in the time of the Holocaust. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what it was like to see a very close friend be discriminated against. I give this book 5 stars.

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Summary: A sad story, but great for young readers
Review: I first read this book in my English class as a 6th grader. The story is easy for kids to read, yet it doesn't seem like the "young adult" literature they often give to Middle School students.
The story begins in Germany in the mid-1920's; the narrator is a German Christian and his buddy Friedrich is a German Jew. The narrator's family is poor and Friedrich's family is well-off, yet they are never selfish or vain. As the years pass it seems like their community is getting hostile toward Jewish people, and while the narrator doesn't seem to understand what's happening, it looks like his Jewish friend is probably more aware. Friedrich gets blamed for all sorts of things, and while they try to do the stuff kids do (see the chapters "The Ball" and "The Pool") he finds that Friedrich is seen more and more as an intruder than a customer.
The last few chapters are more and more unpleasnat, the ending of which I will not reveal.


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Summary: Tragic
Review: I read this book just last night for summer reading for high school and I was captivated. This book covers about 15 or 16 years of the lives of a German boy's family and his best friend's family. Sharing the same apartment building, Friedrich's family is well off and his friend's is very poor. However, they still have their good times in a German city at the time of Hitler's rise to power as chancellor of Germany. The book is divided into short anecdotes that slowly progress from bad to worse, showing the cruel treatments of Jewish people by Germans. From the two boys experiencing the painting of signs on Jewish stores to mark them to Friedrich's dismission from school and a local pool because he is Jewish and his mother's death after their house is raided and ransacked. This book truely shows the selfish and cruel ways of the Nazis and their discrimination towards innocent people. There is a story were Friedrich and his friend attend a Party meeting (Party refering to Hitler's party) and a man in the Party tells of how the Jewish people used to sacrifice cows and showed no mercy and says the Jewish people were merciful and evil for doing this. Now don't I recall the innocent Jewish people being tortured and murdered by Nazis who showe dno mercy? The Nazis were hypocritical and evil, unmerciful, unhuman beings. This story stands as a testament of a boy who watched his mother die because of these people, who watched his father be deported, and who saw his everyday world shatter, only to end in Friedrich's own tragic death when a Nazi sympathizer, the man who owned the apartment building, denies Friedrich when he asks for shelter during an air raid. I highly recommend this book and urge you to read and it and never let this kind of thing happen again.

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Summary: A Sad Story by Zach
Review: I recently finished reading this book at my school, and I quickly looked at the back of the book for a summary, and needless to say it was very interesting. It accurately displays the life of an average jewish-german friendship that was torn apart by the germans from an author who experienced this kind of hostile action firsthand. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about the Holocaust, and the persecution of the jewish people. If you are looking for a book that holds information and emotions, then I'd recommend this book for you.

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Summary: Friedrich really good book
Review: It was an interesting, exciting and emotional story. It takes place in Germany and tells about some things the Germans did to the Jewish people. You get attached to some of the characters and some you hate. I had many times during the book when I would burst out in tears because some parts were so sad and horrible the way people treated others. The story tells about two families and the drastic changes in their lives. It tells how they coped with the problems of money, job loss and much more. I would recommend sixth graders, at the youngest, and up to read this story.

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Summary: Friedrich, narrated from the best perspective possible...
Review: There are many books around the world that talk about World War One. However, very few are like Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter. This book is unique. I, as a ninth graders have never read any book with a better perspective than Friedrich. Friedrich Sneider is a young boy who lives in a German town in the early 1930's. He lived in a small apartment with another family, the Resch's who were non-jewish, and among them was Friedrichs best friend. Friedrichs daily life is told from his friends point of view. Day to day scenes of discrimination against Friedrich are narrated. At first, they seem insignificant, but later they would gain influence on his life, and it be for the worst. Things that would be as simple as an insult would later turns into a real threat. This was before Hitler, however when Hitler steps in the scene, things start to get more serious, this is when the fact of being a Jewish boy in a discriminative society becomes an excuse to be persecuted. In my opinion this story is great. The reason is because it is about a single Jewish family, and all of their problems, this makes it very dramatic and sensitive. It also takes place before Hitler, which lets you deeply feel the changes that take place, which causes desperation and anger when having nowhere to go and nowhere to hide, if you are Jewish of course.

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Summary: A Look at Real Jewish Life
Review: This book was better than I had initially thought. Though it wasn't Shakespeare, Richter writes with a smooth flow making it quite easy reading. He, oddly enough, never gives the name of the narrator that creates a better platform for Friedrich's life. Using common stereotypes, Richter helps bring the thirties and forties to life. Throughout the book, there are many minor characters that speak their mind, creating an environment of the German way of life that the reader could easily grasp This story depicts the relationship between the Jews and non-Jews prior and during World War II. This book, which doesn't follow the typical Jewish story, tells of two young Germans boys that grew up together, one a Jew and one not. The boys do not hold any prejudices for one another but as they grow together, they start to learn the dangers of growing up in a fascist society. Taught throughout their lives, starting off at first as small offenses, each of these boys, the narrator and Friedrich, learn their places in the German society during Hitler's harsh rule. I think that the various events that these two boys went through, the heckling, Jewish stereotyping, and persecution for being a Jew in the wrong place at the wrong time, depicts truly the times that the characters lived in. Throughout all of these events, the narrator tried to defend his Jewish friend, showing the goodness of human nature. This is just a simple story that tells a life of two young boys in the middle of the worst time in history. Even though I wasn't personally there, Richter writes as though I was witness to Friedrich's life. I would recommend this book for all ages because it is easy reading and the story can be enjoyed from the youngest reader to the highest-level readers.

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Summary: A Sad Story by Zach
Review: You will ask," What is Friedrich about?" Friedrich is about a boy named Friedrich (obviously), who is living in the time Hitler came to power (1925-1942). Actually, Hitler came to power in 1933, but the book starts out in 1925. The problem is that Friedrich is Jewish. This book is divide into chapters that are multiple places in the book. You might be in the middle of a page, and then it's a new chapter.
This summary will tell about this book. The first two chapters are when Friedrich and the narrator are young (as in 5-year-old young). Then there is this big jump, and all of a sudden, Friedrich and the narrator are 9-10 years old and Friedrich is getting hassled. As the years go on, Friedrich is almost sent to concentration camp. Will Friedrich survive, will he be sent to his death (a concentration camp), or die another way? You will have to read this book to find out.
This book has amazing emotions. An example is when Friedrich goes into his apartment and sees Herr Resh taking stuff from his apartment when he didn't have his parents. If you read the book you will find out what happened to Friedrich's parents. This book also has amazing detail. An example of when the book as amazing detail is all through out the book. It describes everything in depth.
My favorite part in the book is when the narrator and Friedrich are at the swimming pool. They describe the sun, as a scorching sun and the water wasn't just water, it was glistening water. This is my favorite seen because it goes deeper into the book by explaining everything in depth.
I think that the main theme in this book is friendship between the narrator and Friedrich. I also have some evidence to back my idea up. Even though Friedrich and his family were Jewish, the narrator and his family still wanted to be friends. Another example is when the narrator broke a window and tried to tell the women that he broke it, but the women still blamed Friedrich.
I, myself, loved this book, and would recommended it for kids or adults in 4th grade and/or up. Why, might you ask, 4th grade and up? There are some sad and harsh parts in it. Also kids in 3rd, 2nd, or 1st grade might not understand it. This book has about 139 pages. This book is full of violence, war, and friendship, like I said before.
I have a lot of questions like what happens to the narrator and his family for helping a Jewish family. You will also have a lot of questions after my review, but if you read the book, it might answered some of your questions and satisfy your hunger to read books.