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Gr 4-8 Millman briefly describes his life in prewar Paris, the Nazi invasion when he was seven, and his father's arrest. Two years later, he and his mother made a daring attempt to escape from the city, but were apprehended. After a desperate exchange of jewels and money, Isaac's mother arranged to have him removed from the deportation line and sent to a hospital. Later, he was brought back to Paris, where he was abandoned. Confused and scared, he was discovered by another Jew, who took him to gentile friends in the cou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Millman adds his own memoir to the many stories of children who survived the Holocaust as he recounts his childhood and early adolescence spent in hiding in a French village. The economical narrative is especially effective in conveying an eight-year-old's viewpoint as he is arrested with his mother, then smuggled out of the prison to a hospital; eventuall...Log In or Sign Up to Read More