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Lauren Yanofsky Hates The Holocaust (2013)

by Leanne Lieberman(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1459801091 (ISBN13: 9781459801097)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Orca Book Publishers

review 1: A realistic story about a 16 year old Jewish girl who doesn't think she wants to be Jewish anymore. I liked how realistically Lauren is written but I feel like there was a few too many elements in the book, like the Holocaust, and panic attacks, and friends growing apart, and romance, and tolerance, and an autistic little brother (although he is never identified as such.) It's a lot for one book. (Amanda)
review 2: I think that I'd really like to give this 2.5 or 2.75 stars, but again, no real way to do that on here, so bumped up it is. Leanne Lieberman's title is one of the best things about this book, since it makes you do a double-take and might even draw a few reluctant readers to it. There were positives and negatives to the book that pretty muched equale... mored out to be a decent read. Positives: Lauren and her friends seem real enough, it's not a "typical" (if there is such a thing) Holocaust book, Lauren's struggle with her Jewish identity and what that means in terms of who she is and who she wants to be is interesting. Negatives: controversial or important topics (like high school boys playing at being Nazis) were only explored on a superficial level, Lauren's panic attacks could have really been central to the story but weren't, Zach's autistic characteristics could have been a really interesting side story, but it was never fully developed, Lauren's relationship with Jesse and her parent as well as her friends needed to be more fleshed out. All in all, the plot's lacking a little, but it was still interesting with an interesting main character and a quick read that took me no more two hours. less

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