The Year of Goodbyes: A True Story of Friendship, Family, and Farewells

by Debbie Levy

Book Overview

In Germany in 1938, life is dangerous. Like other twelve-year-old girls, Jutta Salzberg enjoyed playing with friends, going to school, and visiting relatives. In 1938 Germany, these everyday... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423129016
• ISBN13: 9781423129011
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

phenomenal book

You won't put this book down.....the true story weaves the life of a 12 year old girl living a normal life with the impending horror of Nazi Germany - to which, sadly, she and her family succumb. They miraculously escape on Kristallnacht, leaving behind the only life they knew - and countless family members ultimately killed in concentration camps. This book is a "must read" for young and old. The juxtaposition between the daily writings and musings of a young girl coming of age (along with her school friends) and the Holocaust, which was brewing and beginning to unfold, is startling and stunning. Debbie Levy has creatively penned a book that is aligned with "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "Night".