Children of Bach

by Eilís Dillon

After the disappearance of their parents, renowned Jewish musicians, Pali, Peter, and Suzy join their aunt, a young friend, and an elderly neighbor in a desperate flight from Nazi-occupied Hungary. By... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684194406
• ISBN13: 9780684194400
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Holocaust Musicians

The title of the book I read for my multicultural book report is Children of Bach by Eilis Dillon. The book was very interesting it was about a group of kids during the holocaust and how they had to hide from the Nazi soldiers. The book takes place during the 1940's in Germany. One day Peter, Pilo, Suzy and Jack are walking home from school when they see a large group of people walking down the street. They wonder to themselves who all the people were and what they were doing. But they do not ask questions. Once they get home they discover that the door is unlocked and that the house is completely trapped. When they call but no one is home they know immediately what has happened. They had heard their father talking about Nazi soldiers coming in to the city and that they were going to take all the Jews to a camp where they would be treated very well. They are very afraid and decide that they should stay out of school for the next few days and that they should keep to themselves. One evening their next door neighbor, Miss. Naggy, comes to visit. They let her in and tell her how they are all alone in the house and that they needed supplies. She tells them that she will get them supplies and try to find a way out of the city for them. They thank her many times and let her out. The next day Miss. Naggy comes over and tells them of a van that is leaving in a few days to smuggle Jewish children across the border into Hungary. They accept her invitation and the next day they leave in the van. At around the fourth day the van driver decides to betray them and he turns them over to the Nazi soldiers. The Nazi soldiers take them back to camp where they escape by taking a brick and throwing it at the chain-link fence that surrounded the brickyard/concentration camp. Once they are free they run for the border where a man picks them up and takes them to Hungary. Then they are free. Later on in the year their parents come for them after the Holocaust is over.