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Please answer each of the following questions about the book you read. You may number your responses or answer them in paragraph form. Provide your answers on the page linked to your book title.

1. From whose perspective is the story told? (A Jew? A Nazi? A survivor? A Righteous Gentile? A Descendant of a survivor?) What are the benefits of getting the story from this perspective? Eva, a Jewish survivor. It gave you an inside view of the concentration camps, specifically what life inside a work camp was like.

2. What life lesson did you learn from the plot of this story? I learned that you should always try to protect those who are weaker. Also, one piece of advice that Eva’s father gave her was to never give up. It’s simple, but more powerful that people give it credit for.

3. What did you like most about this book? I liked that the younger sister cared for the older one. It’s not something that you would normally see, which made it a little more interesting.

4. How does this text relate, if at all, to //Parallel Journeys//? It tells a similar story to what Helen experienced in the work camp. Lack of food, long treks to the factory to work, etc.

5. How could you use this book to teach the Holocaust? Because this book is written from the point of view of a 12-year-old, it is more relatable to teens or preteens.

6. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Yes. It was a very good book, based on real events, about the events that happened in work camps.

Jody Rigdon