After the War

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Summary: After the War
Review: Ruth Mendenberg is trying to get away from the Nazis. She thinks the Nazis have killed her whole family. When Ruth goes to an agentcy to find out if her parents have been found, and man asks her if she wants to help start a Jewish community in Eretz, Isreal They have to overcome many hard tasks, like exaping a German camp and making it back to there ship which is taking them to Israel. British troops try to take over the ship but before they can capture the Jewish people in the ship, they make it to Isreal.
Overall i think this was a great book. It also taught me alot of things about the war.

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Summary: Engaging Story, but Weak Delivery
Review: Ruth Mendenberg survives Auschwitz concentration camp, but has nothing to live for with the death of 80 family members. Then she meets Saul, a Zionist Brichah organizer, who sends her on an assignment that changes her life. She, along with a few other Zionist leaders, must take a group of 20 children from Poland to the new Palestine.

The simple writing style, while appropriate for a young audience, may bore older audiences. The book is written in the present tense which causes the author's voice to resemble journal entries. The reader must listen to the narrator summarize the story.

This exciting story will attract middle school students, but lacks the depth that older audiences require. The beginning of the story lacked conflict and character development. Ruth's meeting with the Zionist group is very shallow with, other than Nate, Miriam, and Saul, all the characters in the group dropping out of the story.

Other than the slow start and the inherent weakness of writing in the first person, I think After the War is a good read. It was an aspect of post WWII life I new nothing about.

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Summary: A Must Read!
Review: The book makes you feel the emotions of the main character. The girl in this book is one of the few survivors of the Holocost in her family. She volunteers to help take other young survivors to Palestine. They think they will be free there. However, the Arabs there hate the Jews and much fighting erupts between them. Some one that is dear to her may or may not die. She may die herself! If you want to find out the answer to those mysteries, you will just have to read the book yourself. If you like the book, you can read the sequel- "The Garden".

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Summary: Story of Holocaust survivor finding meaning in life after wa
Review: The main character returns to her home in Poland from surviving a concentration camponly to discover her family all dead. She is recruited to escort orphan Jewish children to Israel and in this task finds the reason for living.

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Summary: A true novel which compells you to turn to the next page.
Review: There are not many books that I don't like but this book belongs in the top ten on any booklist. The truth behind the words are what really captivated me. I strongly recomend this book.

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Summary: Excellent. Taught me to feel as the Holocaust surviviors.
Review: This book taught me to feel how a Holocaust survivor felt after the war. I've heard and read about how these people lived through the war, but I hadn't had any insight on how someone deals with such experiences after he/she knows for sure they've made it through.On the negative side, the book is too short. Also, it doesn't have enough suspense as to whether the characters in the book will succeed in reaching Palestine

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Summary: Review of After The War
Review: This book was not very good at all. It jumped around too much. One minute they where in a truck, the next thing you know they are on a ship. It had some facts but it was a fiction book.

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Summary: After the War
Review: This book, to me, wasn't all that clear on what happened after the war. When I first picked up the book, I was expecting to know what society was like once the war ended, but instead, I got a story just about a girl and her life after the war. In a way, it is a great book, because you get to know and see what she saw while trying to get the other children to safety and away from the violence. I personally don't think that I could have done what she did. Taking all of those other kids, even ones younger than herself, and traveling all over the place just to get away from gunshots and slave hunters. I highly recommend this book to anyone who just wants to get a first hand insight of what this young girl went through after the war.

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Summary: Amazing Book!
Review: This books gives you an insight to the life of a brave and strong 15 year old girl after surviving the II World War. Teenagers can really relate to the characters in this book, I know being a teenager. I love this book, and I think you will too!

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Summary: Feel what Holocaust Victims felt
Review: When reading this book, I suddenly realized what being one of these victims felt like. The onslaught of tragedy after tragedy suffered at the hands of the Nazis was enough to make anyone turn numb inside. The main character's pain at her losses was much to great to bear, but for her to have to suffer through collecting other victims' tragedies was even too much for me. This is what brought tears to my eyes.