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Summary: Decent book
Review: Eva and Rachel both live in a ghetto in Bedzin, Poland during WWII. One day, Rachel goes outside. Eva sees her getting snatched by German soldiers along with other Jews. Papa finds out she was taken to a labor camp in Parschnitz, Czechoslovakia. For Eva's safety, he sends Eva there too. At the camp, Rachel and Eva reunite. They have to work for most of the day and barely get fed. The camp is overflowing with people. Because of this, diseases like typhus and influenza spread quickly. Rachel and Eva both have to be extremely careful of what they do. Not only could they get a disease, but they could seriously hurt themselves with the machinery that they have to work with everyday.
I didn't give this book 5 stars because we never really learned much about the characters such as what they liked. Also sometimes, one chapter would be April, the next October and it didn't tell you.
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Summary: Torn Thread
Review: Eva Buchbinder and her older sister, Rachel, are the main characters in the story "Torn Thread" by Anne Isaacs. The two sisters lived with their father in the Jewish ghetto in Bedzin, Poland, until the German soldiers came to the ghetto and snatched Rachel off the street with other Jews. The soldiers took them to a work camp in Parschnitz, Czechoslovakia. Eva's father felt that Eva would be safer in the work camp than she would be in the ghetto, so Eva is sent to Parschnitz to be with her sister. The story is about the sisters' life and hardships during the time that they spent at the work camp.
Anne Isaacs tells an excellent emotional story in her book "Torn Thread" about Eva and Rachel's strive for life. Ms. Isaacs did a great job of telling her mother-in-law's story of surviving the Holocaust. I rate the book four stars because the book had an interesting plot, but it could use a little touch-up. Even though the book had an excellent storyline, the author could have made it much better by adding more description. The description she has doesn't take away from the story, but Ms. Isaacs could have used more. She could have described the characters, the relationships between the characters, and maybe even the setting a little bit more than what she did. The story was very good, none the less. The description used made every little thing seem very realistic. The way she described how awful the food was that the prisoners ate and the conditions they lived in was very real. What these poor people, people like you and me, went through were unimaginable, yet Anne Isaacs described it to her readers that what these prisoners went through was very real and very scary.
The characters' personalities seemed like the personalities of people from eveyday walks of life. The way they talked to family and friends was very much like the way we talk today. Anne Isaacs did a very excellent job in writing this book. It was very interesting.
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Summary: Torn Heart
Review: I absolutely loved this book. After reading Anne Frank, I wanted to read more about what children involved in the Hitler epidemic were going through. Since I'm in the book club at school and this was on our list I read it. It was so good. I really felt for Eva, Rachel, and all the other girls. It really made me aware of what happened. I'd give this book a million stars if I could. P.S. The fact that this is a true story, and Eva is still living, makes this story all the more better.
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Summary: C.H. book project for Mrs. J
Review: I thought that the Torn Thread was a very good book, and I would recommend it to be read. It is a very good interpretation of the Holocaust. It depicts a young girl's life while living through the Nazi camps, and her struggles in dealing with her sister's disease, and getting torn away from her father.
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Summary: Torn Thread - A Young Jewish Girl's Trifling Experience
Review: The novel Torn Thread is the riveting story young Jewish girl's life, sacrifices, and struggles through the time of the Holocaust. Written by Anne Isaacs, Torn Thread is the tale of twelve-year-old Eva, a young Jewish girl, whose family is forced to live in a small attic space in a Jewish ghetto in Bezdin, Poland during the time of the Nazi régime. As the Nazis raid the ghetto more and more frequently, it becomes a struggle in itself just to stay in the ghetto, and not be 'selected' to work or die in one of the Nazi work or death camps. During one of the raids, Eva's sister Rachel is captured and taken to a work in a labor camp in Parschnitz, Czechoslovakia. Fearing for his daughter's safety, Eva's father arranges for Eva to be sent to the same camp as her sister, so that the two sisters may be imprisoned together. As Eva leaves the Jewish ghetto, she begins her journey of triumph and survival, through endless webs of disease, famine, and mistreatment administered to her and other Jews, by the Nazis. As she struggles to keep both her and her sister alive, her once seemingly perfect life dwindles and disintegrates before her very eyes. Her life becomes a tangled mess of webs woven by Hitler's soldiers, tearing like those on the machine that she so tirelessly at, slaving away for those who only show torture and hatred in return.
The novel Torn Thread, was a thorough enjoyment to read. Anne Isaacs did a wonderful job of describing the setting, characters, and events taking place in the story, as well as portraying the lives and feelings of Jewish people during that time era. Not only were the scenes vividly described, but also her writing made me feel as though I was part of the novel myself. As the reader, I found Eva's tale to be a moving, inspirational story of admiration, courage, and bravery. In closing, I feel that this novel would appeal to both young readers and adults, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning of the events of the Holocaust.
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Summary: Book Review on Torn Thread
Review: This review is on Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs. The story is during the Holocuast with a family tryng to survive. One day Eva, Rachel (her sister), and their dad are split up. Eva and Rachel are deported to a work camp in Parschnitz, Czechoslovakia. It's a test of survival for the girls as things happen to them.
This is a touching story that symbolizes how two sisters don't give up on each other. Anne Isaacs did a good job of keeping the book interesting and kept me turning the pages.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in historical fiction and in the Holocaust.
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Summary: awesome to the very last page!!!!
Review: Torn Thread by Anne Issacs is a very powerful story. It is not easy to be twelve year old Eva living in an attic, in Bedzin, a Jewish getto.Nazi armies have been ruling the getto for four years. when eva and her sister get torn away from there home and father they are sent to be prisoners at a nazi work camp. there they get very little to eat , can't use the bathrooms with out permission, and have to slave away spinning thread to make uniforms and blankets for the much hated, German armie!I think Anne Issacs wanted the readers to know that braveness is within every one if you belive in your self. Eva had to make many hard desicions to help her and her sick sister survive. she couldn't have done it without her braveness and courage. this book was to my liking because there was never a dull moment. For this book action and even sadness is with in it's very memorable pages.
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Summary: A Wonderful Historical Story!!!
Review: Torn Thread is about a Jewish girl named Eda who is living during Hitler's reign. Her dad, sister, and her are forced to move into the jewish ghetto. Her sick sister and her are forced by the German Nazi's to work in a factory in Chzechoslavakia. Each day they walk, to the factory about 2 miles away in the blistering heat to the freezing cold. Do they survive? Do they get reunited with their father? Read it and find out!
Torn Thread was one of the best books I've ever read. I love books about World War 2 and knowing what went on with the Nazi's and Jews. I especially like them when they're true. This book is non-fiction, but it reads like a story. If you've ever read Anne Frank, you'll enjoy this book too. I would highly recommend this book to all who enjoy learning about what went on in World War 2, or a good non-ficiton book.
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Summary: Riveting, Often Disturbing Novel!
Review: Torn Thread was such an inspiring book. It really told of a great tell and it also let the reader know how hard it was for Eva and Rachel and all the other girls in the camp.
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Summary: awesome to the very last page!!!!
Review: Torn Thread, written by Anne Isaacs, takes place from 1943 to 1945 in Czechoslovakia. The novel is based around Eva Buchbinder's experiences in a Nazi labor camp. Anne Isaacs shows each character's feelings and actions using in-depth descriptions. While reading this novel, one actually feels the hunger and grief Eva and her friends feel while starving and working within the cruel conditions of the labor camp. Isaacs does a great job using the varied emotions and personalities of the characters to describe the harshness of the labor camps instead of bloody and intense graphical descriptions. People interested in the harsh conditions for those in the German Nazi labor camps will love this book. If one is interested in the real facts and tragedies of the labor camps instead of a romanticized version, read this book. This novel is not difficult to read and comprehend. It just takes human compassion. One will not be able to put this book down out of concern for the lives of those in the death camps. Upon finishing this novel, the reader will have a greater appreciation for life and the freedom it now holds.
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