I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780689823954)

What is death all about? What is life all about?

So wonders thirteen-year-old Elli Friedmann as she fights for her life in a Nazi concentration camp. A remarkable memoir, I Have Lived a Thousand Years is a story of cruelty and suffering, but at the same time a story of hope, faith, perseverance, and love.

It wasn't long ago that Elli led a normal life that included family, friends, school, and thoughts about boys. A life in which Elli could lie and daydream for hours that she was a beautiful and elegant celebrated poet.

But these adolescent daydreams quickly darken in March 1944, when the Nazis invade Hungary. First Elli can no longer attend school, have possessions, or talk to her neighbors. Then she and her family are forced to leave their house behind to move into a crowded ghetto, where privacy becomes a luxury of the past and food becomes a scarcity. Her strong will and faith allow Elli to manage and adjust, but what she doesn't know is that this is only the beginning. The worst is yet to come...

Author: Livia Bitton-Jackson
ISBN-10: 0689823959
ISBN-13: 9780689823954
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1999
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 7.05h x 4.35w x 0.76d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 17819 / I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/08/1999