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The Doll With the Yellow Star by Yona Zeldis McDonough
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The Doll With the Yellow Star

Henry Holt and Co. · 2005-09-01

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Holocaust
  • Good for readers interested in children
  • Good for fans of Historical Fiction

What You Get

  • Themes: Kids, Children, Story.
  • Reading lane: Historical and Religious.
  • Publisher: Henry Holt and Co..

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What we read

  • Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Holocaust

    87%
  • Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Holocaust

    85%
  • Young Adult Fiction / Religious / Jewish

    84%

About This Book

A tender story about the power of love in the face of loss Nine-year-old Claudine doesn't want to leave her much-loved home in France to go live in America, not without her parents. But she knows about the shortages, about the yellow stars Jews must wear, and about Adolf Hitler. And she knows that there are some things she needs to do even when she doesn't want to. It's wartime, and there is much that is different now. There are more things that Claudine will lose to this te...

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A tender story about the power of love in the face of loss Nine-year-old Claudine doesn't want to leave her much-loved home in France to go live in America, not without her parents. But she knows about the shortages, about the yellow stars Jews must wear, and about Adolf Hitler. And she knows that there are some things she needs to do even when she doesn't want to. It's wartime, and there is much that is different now. There are more things that Claudine will lose to this terrible war. But not everything that is lost must be lost forever. Here is a moving story about lost and found lives, and the healing power of love.

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