If I Should Die Before I Wake |
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Han Nolan
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Pages: 320 (Paperback)
Reading Level: Young Adult
ISBN: 0152046798
Pub: Harcourt Paperbacks
Pub date: 2003-05-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 52878
Reader Reviews:
An excellent read. (0/0 people found this helpful)
WOW what a book,What a read,good twist,Just sit and read it, best book i have read for a long time,make sure you have time to read the whole book before you start couldnt put it down highly recommended.
What a shame (1/19 people found this helpful)
If 'zitsuk' wants to write reviews, they should first check the spelling of their review - even the title of the book was spelt wrongly. I cannot have any respect for the views of an individual with such a poor grasp of English!
Different view of the halacaust (16/25 people found this helpful)
This is probably one of the few books which shows a different view of the Jew slavery in the concentration camps. The main girl is squisched into a small suburb along with other Jews. Soon they became even more and the girl cannot take it anymore so her grandmother and her leave together. They get cought with false pasports and soon get sent to concentration camps. There they get split up but the little girl visits her grandmother whenever she can. But one day she gets the chance of not living in those small baracks and work for the Germans instead. She is doubtful, very doubtful and if she accepts this happily or if she denys it to be able to continue visit her grandmother you'll have to read for yourself. But this is a great book for when you are interested in a view from the back about Jews.
I really do recomend it.
A compelling yet frightening book (9/17 people found this helpful)
In this book, Hilary, a neo-nazi, is lying in the hospital critically injured when she begins to slip into the life of a polish-jewish girl named Chana during WWII. At first, when she is awake, she is angry and anti-semitic in her feelings, but gradually Chana's past becomes more real to her then her own, and when she thinks she(Hilary) is dying, she says the traditional prayer Jews say when dying (Shema). Alot about Hilary seems either vague or over stressed, but I think it works with the way Hilary thinks (in her mind she tends to exagerrate things about others so she can hate them). Her mother seems to be an over religious nut who doesn't care about her daughter, but that is how Hilary saw her. This is a great book and I'd recomend it for everyone.
Touching- A story you will never foget (4/5 people found this helpful)
I read this book awhile ago, and i still remeber it very clearly. It is tale unlike any other- meaning i have never read a book like this once. The events are depicted so well it's almost as if you are there experiencing the pain along with Chana and Hilary. This is a story i believe should be read- i recommend it to anyone who has yet to hear the vanished cries for salvation of those who perished so long ago............
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