Thirteen-year-old Clara and her family have just been imprisoned in Terezin, a ghetto built to show the world how “well” the Nazis were treating Jews during WWII. Clara faces hunger, disease and the possibility of death in a concentration camp.
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Grades 4-7--Thirteen-year-old Clara and her younger brother Peter are living in Prague with their parents in 1943 when the family receives orders to join a transport. Their destination is Terezin (also known as Theresienstadt), a lesser-known concentration camp in what is now the Czech Republic. Although her family is separated for most of each day and the living conditions are harsh, Clara learns to find comfort in schoolwork, music, and friends, especially streetwise Jacob. He tells her what is really happening to the people chosen for further transports to Auschwitz, and that he plans to escape from Terezin when the time is right. The story is realistically open-ended; when Jacob disappears, Clara never learns if his escape was successful or if he died in the attempt. Also, since the story ends before the camp is liberated, readers never find out if the main character survives the war or not, which is disconcerting and disappointing. The novel is not as engaging as the many Holocaust stories by Carol Matas and others, and has an annoying tendency to overuse the term "alright." However, the details are accurate and the historical photos and artwork at the end add realism.
Paula J. LaRue, Van Wert Middle School, OH
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Kacer doesn’t spare readers from the sheer horror of life in the ghetto or from the prospects of what lay beyond Terezin in the death camps that were the final destination of Terezins inmates. But in telling the story of Brundibar and giving readers a glimpse of the incredible artistic life that was secretly fostered in the ghetto, Kacer’s novel is also a story of hope, courage, and humanity in the face of overwhelming suffering and adversity. (Quill & Quire 20010501)
This portrait of life in Terezin through the eyes of a girl in her early teens is spellbinding. The author conveys the reality of Clara’s experiences, her uncertainties, dreams and hardships realistically, but not frighteningly. (The London Jewish Community News 20011201)
This portrait of life in Terezin through the eyes of a girl in her early teens is spellbinding. The author conveys the reality of Clara’s experiences, her uncertainties, dreams and hardships realistically, but not frighteningly. (The London Jewish Community News 20011201)
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Clara's War is a Wonderful book that won The Red Maple Award this year. It is an great Holocast story about a girl named Clara that get sent away from her home to a place very unfamiler and strange to her. This is Clara's new home for the meantime.Overall I loved this book and I HIGHLY RECOMENED that everyone read it.
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Clara's War is written by an award winning author, Kathy Kacer. This is a really intersting book, showing how a girl named Clara and her family gets transported to a separate town just because they are Jweish. They have to adapt to their new place and surroundings. This is a book I wouldn't want to put down until I m done.
Clara's War is a historical fiction book, which makes it even more intersting to read. This book shows how Clara and her and family got transported to a new place with no say, and that is what happend in other countries. Cara's War is based on true facts that habe happend during world war. You can learn historical information from reading this book. It shows their feelings,thoughts and actions.
As you can see, in Clara's War theirs a charcter named Clara. Clara is one of the main characters. Clara and her family got transported to another town, Terezin. When Clara arrived in Terezin she was always apart from her parents, so, she needed to get use to relying on her self and not her parents. It is difficult for her because she has to meet new friends. when she first got there her only friends were Hanna from her home town and Jacob who she met at the train station.Clara's War is a book with sophisticated characters.
Clara's War is written in a way that helps you understand it easier. Som books aren't described as precisely, so, it's more difficult to understand and picture what's going on. This book is easy to understand becasue it's like a person's life in a short intersting book.
Clara's War is a historical fiction book. It's based on Kathy Kacer's frind that has been in Terezin during world war. Clara's War is historical,has an intersting character, Clara and it is easy to understand. This is a really suspensful book and I eally enjoyed reading it.
By: Dora-Tharmaselvanavelingam/fernandes
Clara's War is a historical fiction book, which makes it even more intersting to read. This book shows how Clara and her and family got transported to a new place with no say, and that is what happend in other countries. Cara's War is based on true facts that habe happend during world war. You can learn historical information from reading this book. It shows their feelings,thoughts and actions.
As you can see, in Clara's War theirs a charcter named Clara. Clara is one of the main characters. Clara and her family got transported to another town, Terezin. When Clara arrived in Terezin she was always apart from her parents, so, she needed to get use to relying on her self and not her parents. It is difficult for her because she has to meet new friends. when she first got there her only friends were Hanna from her home town and Jacob who she met at the train station.Clara's War is a book with sophisticated characters.
Clara's War is written in a way that helps you understand it easier. Som books aren't described as precisely, so, it's more difficult to understand and picture what's going on. This book is easy to understand becasue it's like a person's life in a short intersting book.
Clara's War is a historical fiction book. It's based on Kathy Kacer's frind that has been in Terezin during world war. Clara's War is historical,has an intersting character, Clara and it is easy to understand. This is a really suspensful book and I eally enjoyed reading it.
By: Dora-Tharmaselvanavelingam/fernandes
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Clara's War is a Wonderful book that won The Red Maple Award this year. It is an great Holocast story about a girl named Clara that get sent away from her home to a place very unfamiler and strange to her. This is Clara's new home for the meantime.Overall I loved this book and I HIGHLY RECOMENED that everyone read it.
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