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Book Review By Ravi
Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman-Jurman

This is a memoir of Alicia. When she was a teenager, her family members started to dissapear because the Germans - the Nazis, took them. Soon, everyone in her family was killed except her mother and her. In this memoir, she explains how she survived the horrible Holocaust. Days before the liberation, she saw her mother die in front of her. Her mother was shot by a German. She was the only one left in her family. In this memoir, she describes how she survived and the tactics she used. She not only found a way to hide herself, she also helped other Jews to escape when she was still in danger.

This is a memoir about a young brave and a courageous girl who helped herself and other Jews.




Plot & Themes
War/Cloak & Dagger story? - holocaust
War/Spying Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1900+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Ethnicity - Jew
Nationality - German

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - Eastern Europe
City? Yes
City: - rude people
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm - ranch - lot of descript of crop raising - lot of descript of animal care
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting - prison
Century: - 1930's-1950's

Writing Style
Book makes you feel? - depressed
If this is a kid's book: - Age 14-16
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
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