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Lucky Child (2009)

by Thomas Buergenthal(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0316070998 (ISBN13: 9780316070997)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Little, Brown & Company

review 1: A lucky child by Thomas BuergenthalThis book i grabbed off the shelf in the classroom to find a book to read, I looked at the cover and thought this may be a good book to read. After I started it i could not stop, the story of how he survived it riveting and he had the strength to keep going.Thomas Buergenthal,a boy of the holocaust remembers when he first got put into a ghetto and what happened there. He remembers the whole thing and it is a miracle how me managed to survive two ghettos, three labor camps including the most know labor camp Auschwitz, and the infamous death march. He never thought that he would make out of that but every time he was able to escape death countless times but his friends and his father wont so lucky.I found myself just thinking how a ten year... more old kid could make it through all that. I just couldn't imagine how he felt through all that without his parents or anyone he knew, but some of the guards and doctors he meet are the reason why he survived, they saved his life. After he makes it through that he gets into the polish army, I couldn't believe it a ten year old kid in the polish army.This book can be read by everyone, but it tells a story of a kid who was able to make it through it by miracles. It tells a lot about the holocaust and what happened. If you want to know what happened in the holocaust read this book.
review 2: The first thing that I should note before continuing with this review is that I am not an avid reader. I often get bored of any text with complexity or intelligence within the language. Because of this, I hardly ever stray from reading the science fiction/fantasy genre. I decided to take a sort of leap-of-faith and read this book. I am extremely happy about my decision because I absolutely loved this book. Thomas Buergenthal explains the shocking story of his childhood through amazing detail and constantly leaves the reader wondering "I wonder what will happen next". Buergenthal's prose is not so complex as to be hard to understand yet at the same time, is advanced and detailed. As a fellow Jew, I felt a personal connection to Buergenthal as I read his story. As his story progressed and as time went on, I noticed that I felt like I was in his position. The amount of detail included and his amazing use of literature creates a story that literally feels like you are a part of it. This book stays true to its name because every time that Buergenthal's life was flipped upside down and another tragedy occurs, he finds a way to make the best of the situation. Because of the persistance that he demonstrated during the holocaust and throughout the rest of his life, he could truly be defined as A Luck Child. In this story, Buergenthal reflects upon various emotionally disturbing and unique moments of his life and describes them in detail for the reader to understand. less

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