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Destined To Live: A True Story Of A Child In The Holocaust (2008)

by Ruth Gruener(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

043989204x (ISBN13: 9780439892049)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Scholastic

review 1: I just finished this book, "Destined to Live: A True Story of a Child in the Holocaust". It is an autobiography that tells you about a little Jewish girl, Aurelia's, struggles to keep her hope up while in hiding during the Holocaust. I would recommend this book to anyone fifth grade and up. It is a Holocaust book, so it definitely has some scary and disturbing parts, but it is very mild for a book of its genre. The things things this little girl had to go through are atrocious. Life in a cramped ghetto, having to hide in a box from the family that was supposed to protect her, and not talking or walking for so many months. Something I noticed in this book is how people can be so kind and so cruel, and how quickly they can change between the two. The two families tha... moret Aurelia hides with constantly doubt themselves for putting themselves and their families in danger. But, this putting themselves in danger is the right thing to do, and they are very good people for doing it. The writing in this book is very good, but it gets kind of brief at the end. Aurelia really makes you see what it felt like in all of her situations, and adds little everyday events to get you in the mood. I loved this book for many reasons. It's story, message, pace, and difficulty are good for everyone. So I hope that you read it sometime soon.
review 2: Destined to Live is a story of a young girl Luncia or now known as Ruth, and her life as a young Jewish girl in the Holocaust. Written by herself she tells of how she grew up having everything she needed, beautiful dolls, fancy dresses, piano lessons, and treats at her parents candy shop. But, as the war starts her life takes a turn for the worst. She is forced to move out of her room so others can come live in it. She then goes through akzia's or deportations and hides in uncomfortable situations. After seeing many horrors that the Holocaust brought, Luncia is taken in by the Szczygiel family into hiding. Thankfully another family, the Oyak's take her so she can be with her parents who are also in hiding. It goes on to tell about hiding and how there town Lvov was liberated. She then makes a trek to America were she meets her American family and marries Jack Gruener. This inspiring true story about Luncia is heart warming and a most read for nonfiction book lovers. The young Jewish girl who you get to know really was destined to live. less

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