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Hello. There are two parts to my book. It switches off between a little Jewish girl, Sarah, and her family being rounded up in France during World War Two, and an American journalist living 60 years later in Paris. Before getting taken by the Fench Poice, Sarah locks her younger brother in a bedroom cupboard and promises to come back for him as soon as they are let go. But things aren't looking good for sarah and her family as they arrive at an arena where thousands of other Jewish families are being taken. The police won't let anyone go anywhere. The conditions are horrible. Sarah is determined, though, to find any way possible to rescue her brother. Julia, the American journalist, is hard at work researching the "Vel' d'Hiv'", the name given to this massive roundup of people for work. So far I have read approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Hey Mr. Strusz, I'm fixing this because I "didn't meet the theme". Hmmmm relating this book to real life? Well the summer before my freshmen year my family and I took a trip to Washington D.C. While we were there, the time came for the baby to be born....ha gotcha! But seriously, while we were there we visited the Holocaust Museum. It was so fascinating! When you begin your tour, they give you this pamphlet of a person involved in a concentration camp, and by the end of the tour you know if you survived or not. After we were done and just walking around the lobby area, there was a lady sitting at a desk, and my dad being the outgoing guy that he is, went over and started talking to her. Turns out SHE was put in a camp when she was a little girl. She still had the tatoo number on her arm. Talking to her was one of the best experiences i've ever had. All I had known about the holocaust was what i had read in books and learned in classes. But talking to her, and hearing how real it actually was, oh my goodness, it was absolutely unbelievable. I wish I would've gotten a picture with her, but that is something that i will never forget.