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Summary: Help - I Am Too Young to Die
Review: Bang! Bombs went off just feet from the cellar. Cold, dark, and destroyed, families huddled together in the basement of their bombed-out apartment building.
I Am Fifteen - And Don't Want To Die is an extraordinary autobiography by Christine Arnothy. Christine is fiftee, living in Budapest, Hungary duriny World War II. She's growing up,, living in the middle of a war-torn city. her family is struggling to help others and to stay alive themselves. Really the only place to get water is across the road. Christine is horrified of getting bombed, while getting the water they desperately need. Throughout the many days Christine, her family and other families spent in the cellar, their world overhead was, being ddestroyed by raging bombs. They could only come out at desperate times. Her family needs to get out of the middle of this war, but when will they go, and how will they get out? Most of all where will they go?
I liked this particular autobiography because it is about Christine's hard times in life. Some books I've read about difficulties in life didn't seem real to me, but because this is a true story I could really get into it. I felt sorry for her because compared to her life, my life is perfect. The way Christine wrote this book was very interesting, she wrote this book from old diaries she kept when she went through all of these struggles. I likes the description, it is another reason why I liked this book so much. she describes the scenes she sees with great enthusiam. Like the day when she finds a wounded enemy soilder, I felt as if I was sanding right next to her looking over him.
Christine is a quiet girl, who tends to keep to herself. She also needs her parents and friends to comfort her, expecially now, living in the cellar.
Her story was a heart pumping adventure. She learned mant lessons about life and death. She lived to tell about her experience, the horror of living in the middle of a war-torn city.
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Summary: read for school
Review: Christine Arnothy was fifteen when her family hid in the basement of their apartment building with the other tenants during the bombings. Mainly Christian, there was only one Jewish man hiding amongst them; this makes "I Am Fifteen--And I Don't Want to Die" different from a lot of the books that take place in World War II -ravaged Europe.There is the numbness after seeing so many dead bodies; there is the horror when they finally receive flour; there is the lack of water and the trek to get it. The book jumps around a bit; after they escape the city, there is a three year gap which is immediately followed by an escape to the frontier. The ending is very inconclusive, leaving the reader hanging. This is a good book, because it gives a glimpse of a Christian teenager during the Second World War. Perhaps the most moving part of the book is Christine's time in the confessional, and the priest's touching response to her words. However, the book lacks a lot of detail. I'd like to read a more fleshed-out version, because the story is incredible. This is a great reference book for a teenager writing about World War II; I may also lend it to a friend, whose father escaped Hungary much like Christine.
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Summary: Hiding in Hungary during WW II
Review: Christine Arnothy was fifteen when her family hid in the basement of their apartment building with the other tenants during the bombings. Mainly Christian, there was only one Jewish man hiding amongst them; this makes "I Am Fifteen--And I Don't Want to Die" different from a lot of the books that take place in World War II -ravaged Europe. There is the numbness after seeing so many dead bodies; there is the horror when they finally receive flour; there is the lack of water and the trek to get it. The book jumps around a bit; after they escape the city, there is a three year gap which is immediately followed by an escape to the frontier. The ending is very inconclusive, leaving the reader hanging. This is a good book, because it gives a glimpse of a Christian teenager during the Second World War. Perhaps the most moving part of the book is Christine's time in the confessional, and the priest's touching response to her words. However, the book lacks a lot of detail. I'd like to read a more fleshed-out version, because the story is incredible. This is a great reference book for a teenager writing about World War II; I may also lend it to a friend, whose father escaped Hungary much like Christine.
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Summary: Help - I Am Too Young to Die
Review: I am a 25 year old male. I studied English in college, and had to read a lot, so I didn't find this to be that confusing, but I understand how it would confuse a younger reader. The book was painfully vivid and blunt. It helped me understand what war is like for civilians. Arnothy was forced to live with people she barely knew, like if you suddenly had to live with your neighbours that you greet when you see one another, but that is the extent of the relationship. But Arnothy was in a cellar during a relentless bombing. I imagine one would keep at an emotional distance because the uncertainty of sudden mortality. She mercifully keeps the reader somewhat distanced from people who met tragic fates. I found the post-bombing part to be very interesting. The novel ended a bit abruptly, but I interpreted that as thematic. Three years after the worst of the war and the battles continued, long after the bombing ceased, and Arnothy probably never fully escaped the War. The one thing I disliked was the title because it was a bit cheesey.
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Summary: very moving
Review: I am a 25 year old male. I studied English in college, and had to read a lot, so I didn't find this to be that confusing, but I understand how it would confuse a younger reader. The book was painfully vivid and blunt. It helped me understand what war is like for civilians. Arnothy was forced to live with people she barely knew, like if you suddenly had to live with your neighbours that you greet when you see one another, but that is the extent of the relationship. But Arnothy was in a cellar during a relentless bombing. I imagine one would keep at an emotional distance because the uncertainty of sudden mortality. She mercifully keeps the reader somewhat distanced from people who met tragic fates. I found the post-bombing part to be very interesting. The novel ended a bit abruptly, but I interpreted that as thematic. Three years after the worst of the war and the battles continued, long after the bombing ceased, and Arnothy probably never fully escaped the War. The one thing I disliked was the title because it was a bit cheesey.
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Summary: A book that i found hard to understand.
Review: I am fifteen and I don't want to die, written by Christine Arnothy, was an interesting yet very hard book to understand. The author did not give enough detail most of the time about the events that were happening in her life. It was very hard to follow. I found myself putting off reading this novel because my interest just wasn't there. I really would not recommend reading this novel in less you are into difficult reading.
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Summary: Difficult, but memorable
Review: I read this book many times, between the ages of 12 and 15, and I still think about it as an adult (I am 32 as I type this). I read a lot of books about teenaged girls in WWII and this was one of the most real. When I traveled around Europe a few years ago, I made it a point to visit Budapest mainly because of the impression made on me by this book. It's a difficult read, but well worth the effort, for a unique perspective on a difficult war.
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Summary: I Am Fifteen and I Dont Want To Die
Review: I think that this book is great because it shows fears that many of us will hopefully never know and shows how lucky we are to be living in a world like we are. This book has suspense and dangerous parts in the book that never lets the book get old.
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Summary: I found the book quite hard to understand
Review: I think that World War II is very intresting and I pity Christine. But the book didn't catch me. Maybe it was because I read it i English and I'm from Sweden. But I think it's great that Christine shared her life. Thanks!
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Summary: read for school
Review: I THINK THIS IS AN OKAY BOOK. THIS HAS ALOT OF SIMILAR SITUATIONS TO ANNE FRANK EXCEPT MORE ACTION
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