i read the book in one sitting which I think makes the story more powerful. The part about the doll was a bit unrealistic but it made the story a little more "happy" in a very unhappy world in WWII France.


Gr 3-5-Eight-year-old Claudine is a Jewish girl living in occupied France during World War II. Her loving parents try to keep her life as normal as possible, and even manage to buy her a lovely new doll for her birthday. But after the Germans decree that Jews must wear a yellow star, things begin to change for the worse, and soon Claudine's parents decide to send her to America to live with her aunt and uncle. She convinces them to let her take Violette, on whose clothes she has also sewn a tiny yellow star. But at the end of the voyage, her toy gets lost, and Claudine wonders if she will ever see it or her parents again.
A well-meaning yet additional purchase.-Teri Markson, Stephen S. Wise Temple Elementary School, Los Angeles
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