Friedrich

Friedrich
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Release Date
January 01, 1961
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0140322051
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"Superb, sensitive, honest and compelling . . . a simple but terrifying tale of the destruction of a single Jewish family."--The New York Times

Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award

His best friend thought Friedrich was lucky. His family had a good home and enough money, and in Germany in the early 1930s, many were unemployed. But when Hitler came to power, things began to change. Friedrich was expelled from school, and then his mother died and his father was deported. For Friedrich was Jewish.

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when i was five i tried to read this book didn't get it at all but when i was thirteen i read this book about 12 yrs ago i still remeber it it will make an impact up to u to decide which kind. i think you should read this book if you are interested in world war two. watch some WWII read books like the diary of anne frank or the silver sword
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Reader reviewed by Alexandra

I think that this book is one of the greatest books ever written about the Holocaust it tells you all the destruction that happened to one single Jewish family. It is very honest and shows you what ONE Jewish kid went through. It truly s a great book!!!!
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Reader reviewed by Kristen

This is a book about a young Jewish boy and how he manages during WWII. It is really sad because he is seperated from his family and in the end he dies. I liked it a lot.

I think this is a good book for middle schoolers...mainly 8th graders.

This book is similar to Child of the Holocaust.
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Summary

The characters in this book that I read are Friedrich Schneider, Frau Schneider, Herr Schneider, Friedrichs friend,and Friedrichs friends mother and father.Friedrich mother and father is Frau and Herr. They live in an appartment on the second floor.Friedrichs friend and his parents live on the first floor off the appartment,right under Friedrichs appartment.


Friedrich and his friend are both young, and go to school together.A problem is that Friedrichs friends grandfather said that he didn't want his grandson to be seen with a jew.That didn't stop the two boys from being friends so they remaind friends.Twards the end of the end of the book Friedrichs mother became sick.The doctor tried to help her but it was to late she was dead.


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My favorite character is Friedrich because the in the book he was caring,for example when his mother became sick he sat next to her to keep her company.I enjoyed this book except for when his mother died and on Freidrichs doctors door said something mean about Jews.


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I would actually recommend this book to anyone even though it was a classic novel of the Holocaust.The book was fairly easy and I enjoyed it a lot.I would think that the gender could br male or female.
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