Run, Boy, Run (ISBN 0618957065)

Run, Boy, Run:
This book was very interesting and exciting. Its about a Jewish boy who lost his family during the WWII. He lived with some other jewish boys until they all seperated during a gun fire. They taught him how to hunt and cook his food. For a while he moved from place to place in search for work so he could eat. There was a couple times when he was brought to the Germans but escaped.One day while working his right arm got caught into a michine. Since the doctor refused to work on his arm for being a jew, he lost it.Now the Germans knew him as the one armed Jewish boy.While running he still looked for work. Thats basicaly how his life went. So if you want to kno if he survived or not then I guess your gonna have to read the book and find out! This book was also based on fictional characters but on true events that happend back when Hitler ruled.

Run, Boy, Run:
Run, Boy, Run This book is about a Jewish boy gets abounded by his family and loses trace of them. He goes from house to house looking for work and trying to stay away from the Germans. Every once and a while he gets caught by the Germans but ends up running away. This book include meeting up with a German soldier. He meets about 15 to 20 different families. I am not going to spoil the ending because you should read this book. I really liked this book. I thought it gives you information about hiding in the Warsaw Ghetto. I never really knew what happened in the Warsaw Ghetto until this book. I never knew that Jewish people had to go through that much to stay away from the Germans. I think this book is very interesting and I enjoyed it a lot. The book could have been longer, but otherwise, it was ok. Uri Orlev was born in Warsaw in 1931. He spent 3 years hiding in the Warsaw Ghetto with his mother and younger brother. He now lives in Israel with his wife and their 4 children

A Good Book but Not a Classic:
Run, Boy, Run is a book written by Uri Orlev translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. Srulik an eight year, old Polish, Jew. When World War 2 started he and his family were split up. He was sent off to a camp where he started learning about surviving in the wild but when the Germans raided it he was forced to leave. I would not recommend this book to any of my friends but it was worth while. It starts off fast with Srulik getting in fights with his mom about food and then Germans attacking his entire city. After this the book slows down for a long time, until he the Germans find him and are after him again. His father is in the back seat of their car, he gets out and talks to his son he tells Srulik he has to have a new name, Srulik tells him that he does and it is Jurek. His Father tells him he has to act like a Christian, and learn how to cross himself. He also tells him what ever happens he has to remember that he is a Jew. Towards the end of the book Jurek starts thinking that being a Jew is a sin because he has been listening to all of the Christians so much. There were some parts of Run, Boy, Run that, were not appropriate for younger children. There were some parts of this book that were not explained; there were some parts where they skipped years without explaining anything at all so by the end of the book you could not tell how old he was. This book did a good job explaining what it was like during the Holocaust, and what people had to do to survive and not get captured by the Germans. Some times he lived for months in the wild and had to eat slugs and other animals like many other Jewish people during that time. Other times he could get by as a Christian living with and working for people. I personally did not like this book but for children who want to learn more a bout the holocaust it is a good book.

A Good Book but Not a Classic:
Run, Boy, Run is a book written by Uri Orlev translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. Srulik an eight year, old Polish, Jew. When World War 2 started he and his family were split up. He was sent off to a camp where he started learning about surviving in the wild but when the Germans raided it he was forced to leave. I would not recommend this book to any of my friends but it was worth while. It starts off fast with Srulik getting in fights with his mom about food and then Germans attacking his entire city. After this the book slows down for a long time, until he the Germans find him and are after him again. His father is in the back seat of their car, he gets out and talks to his son he tells Srulik he has to have a new name, Srulik tells him that he does and it is Jurek. His Father tells him he has to act like a Christian, and learn how to cross himself. He also tells him what ever happens he has to remember that he is a Jew. Towards the end of the book Jurek starts thinking that being a Jew is a sin because he has been listening to all of the Christians so much. There were some parts of Run, Boy, Run that, were not appropriate for younger children. There were some parts of this book that were not explained; there were some parts where they skipped years without explaining anything at all so by the end of the book you could not tell how old he was. This book did a good job explaining what it was like during the Holocaust, and what people had to do to survive and not get captured by the Germans. Some times he lived for months in the wild and had to eat slugs and other animals like many other Jewish people during that time. Other times he could get by as a Christian living with and working for people. I personally did not like this book but for children who want to learn more a bout the holocaust it is a good book.

5th Graders review:
RUN, BOY, RUN I LOVED THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT WAS VERY EXIDING AND VERY HARD TO PUT DOWN. NINE-YEAR OLD SRULIK FRYDMAN IS A JEWISH BOY LIVING IN THE WARSOW GETTO DURING THE HOLOCAUST. HE HAS TO RUN AWAY TO THE POLISH SIDE AND GET AWAY FROM THE GERMANS. HE LEARNS TO BECOME A CHIRSTAIN, AND STRUGGLES TO STAY ALIVE. THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ FOR 5TH AND 6TH GRADERS.