Yellow Star

By: Jennifer Roy

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

In 1939, the Germans invaded the town of Lodz, Poland, and moved the Jewish population into a small part of the city called a ghetto. As the war progressed, 270,000 people were forced to settle in the ghetto under impossible conditions.

At the end of the war, there were about 800 survivors. Of those who survived, only twelve were children. This is the story of one of the twelve.

©2006 Jennifer Roy (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“In vivid free verse, Jennifer Roy tells a story of hope and courage as gripping as Schindler’s List.” (Eric A. Kimmel, author of Gershon’s Monster, a Sydney Taylor Book Award winner)

“A stunning, poetic recreation of a life lived within the horror that was the Holocaust.” (Jane Yolen, author of The Devil’s Arithmetic and Briar Rose)

Wonderful and heartfelt story

Would you consider the audio edition of Yellow Star to be better than the print version?

Yes because the emotions were true to heart

Which scene was your favorite?

When her father hid behind the grave with her overnight

Any additional comments?

Learned a lot of the war timeline that I did not previously know

Yellow star

If you are a person who loves books about wars it would be a good book for you.
It's very sad though. I was surprised when I learned that it was sad.
Over all it was a GREAT book!!!!!!!!!
It was AWESOME!!!!!!!!

must reading you will be rewarded with a part

must read. you will be rewarded when you feel that you are experiencing their fear and be proud of how they handled themselves. this book and it's moving very real storyline will become a part of who you are.

Yellow star

I write this with tears in my eyes. I have always he?d a special place for the Jewish people in my heart. What took place in ww 2 was abominable! The determination of a people to survive along with the grace of God comes through in this story. Thank you "syvia". God bless you and all who keep the truth of what happened alive!

Well written story. Interesting, sad and inspiring

What did you love best about Yellow Star?

This is a true story which needs to be told. It gives a new perspective on all that we have and shows great strength in a time of turmoil.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Sivia. Mainly because this is her story. I must say that her father quickly became my hero as well.

Would you be willing to try another one of Tavia Gilbert’s performances?

Yes.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

There is no moment in particular. This story is full of riveting and intense moments. I think that her family support system was incredible. Her father in particular was her "rock".

Any additional comments?

The narration is spoken in a whine, through the entire story. While I get the anguish this young women must have felt, her strength shines through in the story. I can not imagine Sivia whining out this story. The narrator did not do this story justice. If I had it to do over I would have read the book rather than listen.

Utter horror through the eyes of a child

A story of terror and survival in a Warsaw ghetto as Syvia and her family battle the anti-Jewish rule during WWII. Horrifying tells of hiding in grave yards and watching loved ones leaving on one way train trips to their doom typify the daily struggle of Syvia's family and others as the battle for survival against all odds. Definitely up there with the Diary of Ann Frank and the works by Weisel and others that capture the struggle of the Jewish people as they struggle for existence through the brutal rule of Hitler, his henchmen, and the brain washed German populace.

Yellow Star

I liked the simple format of this story and the telling from a child’s perspective.

A Heart Breaker

What did you love best about Yellow Star?

She was an "ordinary" child caught up in the misery of those who hate and grab power.

What did you like best about this story?

It was well written to give a child's insight, I appreciated it.

Any additional comments?

It needed at least 2 or 3 more chapters that told how she adjusted and overcame in her future.

Excellent account of Nazi Polish ghetto

This book was an excellent perspective from a child's viewpoint of the Nazi occupation of Poland. The narration was excellent, and a story that you won't forget.

Just incredible

How men continue to be so cruel to other men(and women and children) for no good reason at all remains a mystery to me. Indeed, the veneer of civilization is thin.