Run, Boy, Run
by Uri Orlev
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Author: Uri OrlevEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-29
ISBN: 0618957065
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Sandpiper
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Book Review: A Good Book but Not a Classic
Summary: 4 Stars
Run, Boy, Run is a book written by Uri Orlev translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. Srulik an eight year, old Polish, Jew. When World War 2 started he and his family were split up. He was sent off to a camp where he started learning about surviving in the wild but when the Germans raided it he was forced to leave.
I would not recommend this book to any of my friends but it was worth while. It starts off fast with Srulik getting in fights with his mom about food and then Germans attacking his entire city. After this the book slows down for a long time, until he the Germans find him and are after him again. His father is in the back seat of their car, he gets out and talks to his son he tells Srulik he has to have a new name, Srulik tells him that he does and it is Jurek. His Father tells him he has to act like a Christian, and learn how to cross himself. He also tells him what ever happens he has to remember that he is a Jew. Towards the end of the book Jurek starts thinking that being a Jew is a sin because he has been listening to all of the Christians so much.
There were some parts of Run, Boy, Run that, were not appropriate for younger children. There were some parts of this book that were not explained; there were some parts where they skipped years without explaining anything at all so by the end of the book you could not tell how old he was. This book did a good job explaining what it was like during the Holocaust, and what people had to do to survive and not get captured by the Germans. Some times he lived for months in the wild and had to eat slugs and other animals like many other Jewish people during that time. Other times he could get by as a Christian living with and working for people. I personally did not like this book but for children who want to learn more a bout the holocaust it is a good book.
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