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Briar Rose (Fairy Tale Series) |
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Rating: Summary: Holocaust history retold in a children's fairytale Review: Again, Yolen has written another sure to be classic for all ages. Yolen's deep passion for people to learn the truth about the holocaust has sparked her imagination once more. The story seems to be s fiction story and grabs you by the scruff of the shirt and drags you in. The story line has immense emotion and symbolism. I would recommend this to anyone interested in hearing about "first hand accounts" of the holocaust or for people trying to find out about their heritage whether they were directly involved with the traumatic history or not. This is an excellent read that you will want to read time and time again!
Rating: Summary: Briar Rose Review: I did not really enjoy this book. The story of a girl trying to figure out her past is a great idea. However, the story was very dull and boring. Their were times in the story when Jane would ramble on and on about stuff that was not even imporant to the story plot. If you get easy confused this is not the story for you becasue the chapters go back and forth from past to present tense. Jane Yolen seems like a very talented author but this was a very boring story. I did think that the last four chapaters inculding the ending were very clever and intersting. I would not recommend this book.
Rating: Summary: Briar Rose Review: I did not really enjoy this book. I thought the the middle was very boring and it kind of just rambled on. However, I thougt the ending was very clever. The last 4 chapaters of the book were intersting but leading up to that the story was a little dull
Rating: Summary: Great for Young adult to adult Review: This story was so realistic that I had myself worried sick about what would happen to the characters! This novel is about how when a girl, Becca, promises her grandmother to go searching for her roots she ends up learning the truth about her secretive gemma. This story succesfully combined a fairy tale (sleeping beauty) and a holocaust novel....it is brilliant and I think that I will remember it and return to it frequently. I hope that you will do the same. When I was through with it I had to convince myself that it was fiction. So if you are looking for a good book to cuddle up with then this is it.
Rating: Summary: An Awesome Novel Review: I thought Briar Rose was as awesome and chilling story. This story is about a granddaughter who tries to uncover the lost memories of her recently deceased grandmother or Gemma. The only clues Becca has on her mystery are a box of old photographs, newspaper clippings, an old passport, and an entering visa. She also has the story of Briar Rose or Sleeping Beauty, which Gemma used to tell her, as she was growing up. Even with these clues, Becca still doesn't even know her grandmother's real name. Becca and her whole family are Jewish and were somehow involved with World War II and Hitler's plan against the Jews. Becca looks through her clippings and sees that they were written by the Palladium Times in Oswego off the coast of Lake Ontario in the late 30's early 40's. The Editor of the Times sent Becca more newspaper clippings and the information that there was a war refuge shelter in America and that it was the only refuge shelter. Becca's own Editor, Stan became interested in the story and had recommended that he knew an old collage friend who happened to have lived near Oswego. Becca and Stan journeyed to Oswego where Stan's friend Sam had invited some of the local veterans over for dinner. That night when Becca passed around the photos, she discovered that Gemma had a nickname in one the camps. It was Ksiezniczka, which meant "Princess". When Becca and Stan drove back home the next day, Becca remembered that the veteran who recognized Gemma said that the camp that was shown in the picture was in Poland, a camp called Chelmno. Becca traveled to Poland where she visited the town of Chelmno. No one in the town would speak to Becca except the priest in the town who had heard stories in confessions. The priest had given Becca the name of a resident in Poland who was involved in the Holocaust. When Becca met up with this stranger, she unveiled the truth of Gemma's excruciating prior.
Rating: Summary: The horror of not knowing your own past. Review: the story of briar rose was extremly emotional and tramatising to me. the fact that so many people died and none of the naztis cared except that they were exterminated. as the girl serches for her grandmothers past she keeps refering to the story her grandmother told her and her sisters when she was younger. as the time goes on she finds out so much more than she asked for. Her grandmother was pulled from a pit of dead bodies and brought back to life by her grandfather. as time went on she learned that her grandmother was gassed and the after affects of the gas caused her to forgett wher she came form and who she was. so many people fought to stop the holocauste but never sussecded untill 1945. When her grandmother was pregnate she was sent to a refugee camp in the united states where she took on the name guien and lived in the land of the free.this is the best book i ever read.
Rating: Summary: one of the best I've ever read Review: I have to buy another copy because I keep loaning them out - Everyone I have loaned it to has been greatly moved (and some forget to return it). This is without a doubt one of the best books I've ever read. Such a unique and heartwrenching look at the holocaust from such a different perspective - YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK.
Rating: Summary: A challenging, but worthwhile puzzle Review: Outstanding novel! I'd recommend it for kids--boys, who will love the war scenes, and girls, who will love the romance--in 6th grade and above. If you're not so sure about reading another version of Sleeping Beauty, put aside your doubts, put away your video games and tv clicker and READ THIS BOOK! You won't be sorry!
Rating: Summary: a 13 year old historical fiction (holocaust) Book reader Review: This book was FABULOUS. I have read many holocaust books but this one is definetly one of my all time favorites. This book describes the holocaust the way it was. Mature audience only! (parts of the book are gruesome, yet so was WWII) Great book, a must read for people who enjoy fairy tales and historical fiction. ~I also recommend The Devil's Arithmetic also by Jane Yolen
Rating: Summary: Briar Rose Review: I think this book was really good. It wove the tale of Sleeping Beauty and the Holocaust beautifully. It was very surprising and exciting. It was really neat. I especially liked it because I love history and fairy tales. It is a true tale of determination. I reccomend this book for grades 4-7, because there are some mature issues, but it still has a fairy tale woven in. I loved it!
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