The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl

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Summary: One of the Best Books I Have Read
Review: ...I wanted to find a book about Armenians so I went to the library and typed it into the search computers.I found this book and it looked very good to read so I could learn more about the Genocide. I enjoyed the story of her life and how strong she stayed through the Genocide.It was a well balanced book, some of it was very sad and some of was funny at times.It really makes you feel how lucky you are.This is a great book that everyone should read.

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Summary: A young girl survives the Armenian holocaust.
Review: Although this book may have been written for children and young adults it can be enjoyed by all adult readers. It is a first person narrative in the voice of a girl, Veron Dumehjian. She is a survivor and her story includes many twists and turns which are part of the family history of many Armenian and Greek Americans. A description of the 1922 Catastrophe at Smyrna is included as well as the dreadful 1915 march. Veron Dumehjian is a real heroine for our time, worthy of emulation. This book, written by her son, is not a novel but is a smooth read and moves along quickly. (I would recommend "Zabelle" for a recent fictionalized comparable tale.)

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Summary: reality
Review: I chose this book because I was looking for a book that would inspire me in many ways. The book was about a young girl who grows up through many hard times. She faces many challenges, both mentally and physically. I do not have a favorite characture because I feel that all the charactures play an important role in this book. My favorite part was when she was finally with a family member and she told them not to give up hope. I would tell anyone to read this book because it truly has inspired me to do more with my life and to never give up hope.

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Summary: A Life Long Strength
Review: I chose this book because I was looking for a book that would inspire me in many ways. The book was about a young girl who grows up through many hard times. She faces many challenges, both mentally and physically. I do not have a favorite characture because I feel that all the charactures play an important role in this book. My favorite part was when she was finally with a family member and she told them not to give up hope. I would tell anyone to read this book because it truly has inspired me to do more with my life and to never give up hope.

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Summary: Sad, but uplifting
Review: I didn't even realize this was a children's book because the story was so engaging. The story of the death march and the persecution of Armenians is another sad tale of man's inhumanity to man. What will keep the reader from total despair is the heroine's remarkable courage and strength of character as she struggles against unspeakable odds to survive. I would also recommend Forgotten Fire, a similar story from a boy's point of view and Not Even My Name by Thea Halo, the story of a pontic Greek woman who endured the same death march/extermination ordeal as the Armenians in Turkey. The latter is geared more to adults than children.

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Summary: An excellent book!
Review: I had to read a book for Honors Language Arts and felt that this book is really good. Number the Stars was good but this book is excellent!

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Summary: A well written, important memior.
Review: I have read fiction and non-fiction about the Armenian holocaust of 1915, this is the best biography I've read about a survivor. I don't agree to the previous description about this being a children's book. This is dark, tragic, and sad truths in world history that I feel is not suitable for anyone under the age of maybe 16 years of age.

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Summary: Connecting my Roots
Review: I thought this was an excellent book. It gave me a better understanding on my Armenian backround. It's a true story about a young girl growing up in the 1900's. Everything was great until one day bombs went off and her family had to flee. Just imagine being a young woman and having to leave your life behind and run for your life, not knowing what will happen in the future. Seeing your family and friends be robbed, raped, starved, beaten, and worse killed. The Armenians did no crimes they were just hated. This is a very similar expierence that my family went through. I think young adults and adults should read this book because, we can develop a deeper understanding of our past.

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Summary: Christian Faith to heal the Wounds of the Savage Hordes
Review: In 1915, the hordes of savage mongrel Turks and their enlisted half-breed Kurds, both nomadic people come from central asia after the first millenium AD, descended upon the prosperous and ancient hamlets and cities of the Armenians. The rest is history: the first and worst genocide of the century, during which the ancient Armenian nation saw its ancestral homeland torched and seized by the muslim hordes, who mercilessly pursued every last Armenian in their attempt to exterminate this noble race. The story told here is as timeless as time itself, and reminiscent of the last stand of the Men of Westernesse in the Lord of the Rings against the savage hordes of Mordor. This story, in its own way, attempts to make sense of the carnage inflicted on the Armenians, and even though vast lands have been lost, and millions butchered, this small story serves in a way as a reminder to the world of the brutality that the present-day Turkey still stands for by refusing to come to terms with its bloody past. This is a cautionary tale for all ages.

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Summary: Tells the story of GENOCIDE without being too graphic
Review: It is very difficult to understand what the Turkish empire along with it's co-conspirators did to the Armenians. It is very difficult to grasp how humanity can commit such acts. It's a story told through the eyes of a young girl. Initially, I thought that it would be very graphic and heavy in depicting the genocide. Fortunately, there is no 'hollywood' in this book. The story is told without exaggerations as the young girl is witness to many people dying through disease, starvation, etc. I'm going to pass this on to my kids for reading. It has passed my litmus test for what is appropriate for kids (and adults) to read these days.