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This book, I Have Lived A Thousand Years – Growing Up in The Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson won the 1998 Christopher Award – Books for Young People. So … you may well ask. Personally this was an award I had never heard of up till now. I am so glad that I researched The Christophers as I came across the strap line that is the title for this review. Written in short diary type of entries this memoir of Elli takes the reader from Hungary to Auschwit. It is another inspiring work reflecting faith, hope, triumph and love. I became immersed in stories of perseverance, loyalty, courage and a determination never to give up. As Livia writes in her very personal forward ‘My story is my message: never give up’. Once again there is rending heart ache recorded in fairly short, almost matter of fact sentences yet all without evidence of the faintest sense of self pity. Faith, motherhood, daughterhood, friendship and family predominate and of special interest to me was the development of the mother daughter relationship throughout their experiences. This would be an excellent memoir to share with young people and one that would remind them that it is better to light one candle rather than curse the darkness.
Women and War
1 The Children's House at Belsen Hetty Verolme
2 Four Letters to the Witnesses of My Childhood Helena Ganor
3 Surviving with Wolves: The Most Extraordinary Story of World War II Misha Defonseca READ
4 I Have Lived A Thousand Years Livia Bitton-Jackson READING NOW
5 A life in secrets : the story of Vera Atkins and the lost agents of SOE Sarah Helm
6 I will Plant You a Lilac Tree Laura Hillman
7 A Time to Speak Helen Lewis
8 If I Should Die Before I Wake Han Nolan
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Richard and Judy
1The house at Riverton Kate Morton
2 Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
3 The Savage Garden Mark Mills
4 The Interpretation of Murder Jed Rubenfeld
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Catch My Eye
1 When The Emperor Was Divine Julie Otsuka READ
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Spiritual
1 Pilgrim Road Albert Holtz LENT READING
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Wendy’s 100 Most Influential Novels by Women Writers
1 Mrs. Dalloway -Virginia Woolf
2 Their Eyes Were Watching God-Zora Neale Hurston READ
3 The Stone Diaries-Carol Shields
4 Tell Me a Riddle-Tillie Olsen
5 The Optimist's Daughter-Eudora Welty
6 Stones From the River-Ursula Hegi
7 Stones for Ibarra-Harriet Doerr
8 Angle of Repose-Wallace Stegner
Newbery Project
1 The Giver Lois Lowry READ
2 The Trumpeter of Krakow Eric Kelly
3 Ginger Pye Eleanor Estes
4 Island of The Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell
5 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle
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1 The Children's House at Belsen Hetty Verolme
2 Four Letters to the Witnesses of My Childhood Helena Ganor
3 Surviving with Wolves: The Most Extraordinary Story of World War II Misha Defonseca READ
4 I Have Lived A Thousand Years Livia Bitton-Jackson READING NOW
5 A life in secrets : the story of Vera Atkins and the lost agents of SOE Sarah Helm
6 I will Plant You a Lilac Tree Laura Hillman
7 A Time to Speak Helen Lewis
8 If I Should Die Before I Wake Han Nolan
Book Around The World
1 War and Peace Leo Tolstoy READ
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Book Awards
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Richard and Judy
1The house at Riverton Kate Morton
2 Salmon Fishing in The Yemen Paul Torday
3 The Savage Garden Mark Mills
4 The Interpretation of Murder Jed Rubenfeld
5
6
7
8
Catch My Eye
1 When The Emperor Was Divine Julie Otsuka READ
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3
4
5
6
7
8
Spiritual
1 Pilgrim Road Albert Holtz LENT READING
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3
4
5
6
7
8
Wendy’s 100 Most Influential Novels by Women Writers
1 Mrs. Dalloway -Virginia Woolf
2 Their Eyes Were Watching God-Zora Neale Hurston READ
3 The Stone Diaries-Carol Shields
4 Tell Me a Riddle-Tillie Olsen
5 The Optimist's Daughter-Eudora Welty
6 Stones From the River-Ursula Hegi
7 Stones for Ibarra-Harriet Doerr
8 Angle of Repose-Wallace Stegner
Newbery Project
1 The Giver Lois Lowry READ
2 The Trumpeter of Krakow Eric Kelly
3 Ginger Pye Eleanor Estes
4 Island of The Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell
5 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle
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