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Title: The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss ISBN: 0-06-440370-X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 October, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (68 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent
Comment: The Upstairs Room is an excellent book about Jews hiding during WWII. The main character is Annie de Leeuw. She was a nine-year-old Jewish girl living in Holland. Slowly Annie and her family were forced to quit school and their jobs. The loss of freedom destroyed Annie's spirit. She longed to be able to see her friends and play outside. The de Leeuw's decided to hide when they realized the Nazi's would be taking them to concentration camps. The entire family could not hide in the same location, so they split up. Annie's mother was ill, so she remained in a hospital. Annie and her sister, Sini, hid upstairs in the Oosterveld's farmhouse. Her father and sister, Raquel, stayed with a retired minister. Annie and Sini were cramped in a very small space, which was incredibly cold in the winter. The girls often spent many days in bed to keep warm. Annie was often forced to walk back and forth across the room to strengthen her legs because they began to grow irregularly. The girls had to hide in a closet for days on end when Nazi soldiers used the Oosterveld's house as an office. The Oosterveld's took excellent care of Annie and Sini and became quite attached. The entire time spent in the room was stressful and depressing for the girls. They were only allowed to go outside a few times during the their time in hiding. Annie and her family hid for two years before they could return to their home. The sacrifice the Oosterveld's made to save the girls is incredibly moving. The strength and perseverance Annie and Sini possess will inspire readers for years to come.
Rating: 5
Summary: It was the BEST book i ever read!!
Comment: THe Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss, is the bet book I ever read. It is a historical-fiction story that won a Newbery Honor award because it teaches you a lesson. I think the lesson is to treat people the way you want to be treated. This book takes place in Holland during WWII. It is about a girl named Annie and her family who has to hide from the Germans. Annie is a ten-year-old girl who doesn't like the idea that the Nazis came to her town because now her friends won't talk to her. She is not aloud to go to school any more and she is not happy, all she wants to do is go for a long bike ride. The climax of the story was when the family had to go into hidding. When they were hidding they had to move from house to house, that made the story very suspenseful. YOu would never know if the Nazis would catch Annie's family. I also liked this book because it related to my own life (since the holocaust is part of my history).
Rating: 5
Summary: The Upstairs Room by Stephen MacPherson
Comment: This book is based om Johanna Reiss's experiences in the world war 2 as a young girl becoming a young woman. Annie is just about 6 years old and words of Hitler coming to power and war are starting to arise. Annie lives in Holland and it is the year 1942. The german soldiers are starting to make their way toward Winterjswik where Annie lives. Ies, Annie's father believes they should go to america because the Germans are coming way to close. His wife, Sophie says she couldn't go to America and start all over again because she has kidney problems which gives her terrible migranes. Sophie feels that if Ies builds a house right on the edge of Wintersjwik, the part not near where the soldiers are coming they'll be just as safe in America. The family soon moves to the new house because the Germans come to close and they just get out in time. Sophie soon has to go to the hospital because her condition is way too bad. All their jobs are taling awy and they are not allowed to travel because they are Jewish. Soon their not allowed to visit their mom at the hospital so Annie gets permission from the governor. Soon Ies feels unsafe and finds a farmer to hide with. Ies finds a farmer to find Annie and her two sisters, Rachel who is a teacher and Sini who has her milking diploma. The farmers name is Mr. Hannink. Annie and Sini go to Mr. hannink's home where they will hide. Rachel doesn't go and stays with her mom. Mr. Hannink soon feels the germans are coming onto his hiding of Jews so he sends Annie and Sini to the Oostervelds where he says their gonna stay for only 2 weeks. They end up staying there for almost 2 years and almost got caught by the Germans from a check up one night but they were hidden in a closet where they couldn't be seen. They were there for the 2 years until canadian soldiers came through their town and freed them. After the war Annie had crooked legs but she got joined back up with her Father and 2 sisters and went back to Wintersjwik. But unfortunately her mother died from her bad condition.
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Title: The Journey Back by Johanna Reiss ISBN: 0064470423 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 September, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Daniel's Story by Carol Matas ISBN: 0590465880 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story by Lila Perl ISBN: 0380731886 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson ISBN: 0689823959 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender, Jim Coon ISBN: 068981321X Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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