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I picked up the book for my 11yo son's summer reading list. He is hooked on anything WWII, but glamorizes war and the military aspects of the war which is normal! I wanted him to see another side I read the book before giving it to him and I think this book is perfect for that goal. I get some of the negative reviews, but I am actually grateful for the way the story is told.

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If it wasn't told high level and a bit detached, it would be way to intense and long to be a children's book. The topic alone is about as intense as it gets and Yanek's experience spanned almost a decade. All that being said, there are some scenes that are emotional and scary. I think the balance is good, but as a parent, we know our kids best and when they are ready for this type of thing. I downloaded the book to his kindle tonight and he doesn't want to put it down! Can I read one more chapter before going to bed? In one night, he started the book and read to chapter Bought for my son's summer reading.

I decided to read it, couldn't wait to read after I started it. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Prisoner B is a very moving story that tells of the hardships of simply being Jewish during what we call the Holocaust. I recommend this book because it shows how we are so very very very 'lucky' for what we have and that we should see life for not what it is but for what it could be. The young boy Yanek learned that the only way to stay alive was to survive one more day.

Yanek survived 10 concentration camps between the age of 13 and Before the camp she survived the Krakow ghetto as a child. This corageous young man survived the war and immigrated to the USA. The book is a story of hardship and courage. I can't imagine what I would have done during the Holocaust. For the many souls who died, they are with God.

For the survivors, there's a special place in heaven for you with your family. This is a story of fear, starvation, and the horrible atrocities inflicted on people that one insane man claimed were not deserving of life. A Story of a little boy who saw his family members and friends disappear from his life, but against all of the odds kept his determination to live no matter what he endured. When we start to feel sorry for ourselves, we need to remember the Holocaust, and it's victims and survivors. Every student wanted to read this and after every student read this, recommended it to all their friends.

I had to buy a class set from Scholastic to feed the frenzy! See all reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway. Set up a giveaway. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. What was one of the most memorable moments of Prisoner B?

Uncle Moshe' being killed. Also the Allies rescuing those prisoners after so long in the concentration camps. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? No, but I think in a normal setting you might. Lots of opportunity for follow up research with this book and research as you read. Words can not express how good this book was or how important for people of all ages to listen to. The story is based on a real person. In the afterword the author mentions that he wrote some things that did not happen to this boy, but did happen to others.

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This boy did survive nine different concentration camps. At times I think we are too civilized for this type of thing to happen in modern times and than I turn on the news and hear about a man going to a black church and killing nine people in order to start a race war. I see what happens in Syria and the refugees, plus more. We must stay vigilante, this sort of hatred could happen again, right here in America. This book will grab you by the throat and not let up until it is over.

There were times when I was choking up holding back tears on the train whilst reading this book. I have a new hero, for the protagonist you will read about but also for every Jewish person who suffered any loss by the Germans. Terrible truth, great read. This book is a great summary of what the Jews and others endured during the holocaust. The author admits to fabricating some of the circumstances so that the reader can gain even more of a window into the truths of those situations. I picked this one up mostly because of the title and the cover.

It's sort of beautiful in a very plain and morbid way. It looks similar to a graphic novel's cover I read a while ag Actual Rating: It looks similar to a graphic novel's cover I read a while ago - which I would name except it's sort of embarrassing. It's a beautiful cover, with a beautifully haunting story and artwork. It was depressing and wonderful.

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I do think that if the writing was better this could be a great book. The writing was so I felt absolutely nothing while reading, unless you can count extreme crippingly boredom as a feeling. It was just nothing. I've never felt less while reading a book especially a book about something depressing like these Nazi concentration camps. I mean, even though characters were dying and everyone was starving: It was so pathetically boring. I didn't feel anything towards any of the characters.

They were just names for me, not really characters and in the same way, the book was just words without any meaning. I spent the entire book trying to connect with the main character but I was just so detached. Characters The main character Yanek was the only character that stayed with us for more than a few meager pages. It keeps saying the years pass even though there is little sign of that except for everyone is hungrier. Yanek is also a bit stupid and has little survival skills, which is peculiar since he survived six years in a concentration camp.

So he has the perfect opportunity to get some food. A piece of bread is right in front of him. And what does he do? He even said that he needed the bread to survive yet he doesn't pick it up. Yanek doesn't mature - at all. All he does is get hungrier and stupider. Plot and Writing Plot The plot is basically Yanek moving around. He goes through 10 camps even though a few of them were just holding cells and survives. I find this sort of impossible even though it says that it's an true story.

How could a kid survive through 10 camps with this little trouble? He barely ever goes through any problems. Writing The writing was just messed up. It doesn't only have some of the most detached writing I've ever encountered, but terrible pacing as well. I don't want to go and rant because I'm trying to be nice but basically: Likes and Dislikes Like: I don't recommend it to anyone. I read it a few years ago but I'm pretty sure I'd still like it as much as I did back when I read it. Find this review and more at my blog: View all 18 comments. Dec 11, Mrs.

Morgan rated it really liked it. I am not certain what I expected from this book.. Since it wasn't his complete true story, and it was only based on it, I figured the rest of it would have been bolstered with untruths. That was what it wasn't, however. At the end of the te I am not certain what I expected from this book..

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At the end of the text, it marches through all of the book's events that Jack truly endured. I'll summarize it for you: SO, that meant that the text read as all the other Holocaust texts read -- as a long-winded retelling of someone's life.

Which left me thinking I did not enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. It was the same story on the same topic that all memoirs of the holocaust were. Not at ALL to downplay what happened this is a "favorite" topic of mine and I take the atrocities of this time to heart, as I devour all the books regarding it that I can get my hands on.

But, as I sat there contemplating how it went after I finished it, I realized that even though the story was almost the same as the last 18 holocaust texts that I had read, that I still loved Jack's story. I still wanted to keep reading, even after I had put it down.

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I still felt raw and vulnerable emotions for his childhood being ripped away. I still identified with him and with his story, because why?? Because I am human. So I really liked this book. Yeah, the story was the same, but it was balanced well with just enough raw, heart wrenching info. I can appreciate that.

View all 4 comments. Dec 10, Tara Anderson Gold rated it it was amazing. Yanek Gruener is ten years old, Jewish, and living in Poland in the late 's. One day, the Nazis take over his town and Yanek's journey through the Jewish ghetto and ten different concentration camps begins.

Yanek watches as everything, and everyone, he loves is taken away from him. There's no escape -- only survival. Every time Yanek barely escapes death, every time he watches the Nazi's brutally murder those around them, he pledges to fight by living to carry on the memory of those who were Yanek Gruener is ten years old, Jewish, and living in Poland in the late 's.

Every time Yanek barely escapes death, every time he watches the Nazi's brutally murder those around them, he pledges to fight by living to carry on the memory of those who were lost. Prisoner B is the amazing, gripping tale of Yanek's survival in ten different Nazi concentration camps, and it is based on a true story.

The afterward explains the story of the real Yanek Gruener and his real experiences that are included in the novel. That is, perhaps, what make this novel so fascinating and gut-wrencing to read. Teachers should especially take note here. Because Prisoner B covers life before, during, and after the Holocaust, as well as experiences in ten different camps including the salt mines and death marches , it is an excellent classroom read for a unit on World War II.

Students could map Yanek's journey, research the different camps, investigate the how the war affected Yanek's movements between camps. Most importantly, students can gain an empathetic glimpse into the day-to-day horrors of life as a concentration camp prisoner and the struggle to survive in horrible conditions.

A You need to read this book. Put it in your middle school, high school, and public libraries. Add it to your curriculum. Pull your blanket close and be thankful for your warmth, house, food, water, and freedom. Thank you, Alan Gratz, for writing this novel.

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Thank you to Yanek Gruener, especially, for sharing his story. Prisoner B was one of my favorite books that i've read this year. The book is about a boy who survived through the Holocaust. I would recommend this book to people who like history. I really liked the book, and I think anyone who picks it up will end up enjoying it. May 18, Skip rated it it was ok Shelves: Yanek and his family are Jews living in Krakow, Poland, when it is invaded by the Nazi's.

It follows the construction of the ghetto there, the consolidation of the Jews, and then their mass deportations to factories, work or death camps. Eventually, teenage Yanek ends up alone, with sage advice from his uncle to trust and care about no one. During the war, Yanek is transferred to ten different concentra Yanek Gruener, Prisoner B, is a fictionalized version of the true story of Jack Gruener.

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During the war, Yanek is transferred to ten different concentration camps, which is incredibly hard to believe because Yanek is so naive, has few survival skills, and was hardly large enough to be a worthy selection for a work crew. At the end of the day. Jan 26, Harry Brake rated it it was amazing. After attending a crucial seminar in the study of the Holocaust in Delaware, attending the Holocaust Museum, studying the Holocaust at the University of Delaware for a summer, and continuing to return to the very heart of why knowing about the Holocaust is so important, this text does not add any more depression to the theme of the Holocaust, it simply adds to the motivation to educate more and more generations about why this i You know of Elie Wiesel, Anne Frank, and Oskar Schindler, or do you?

After attending a crucial seminar in the study of the Holocaust in Delaware, attending the Holocaust Museum, studying the Holocaust at the University of Delaware for a summer, and continuing to return to the very heart of why knowing about the Holocaust is so important, this text does not add any more depression to the theme of the Holocaust, it simply adds to the motivation to educate more and more generations about why this is crucial to be taught to future generations. Gratz's depiction of Jack Gruener's survival though so many consecutive camps is amazing, and yet this convinces readers to not lay this book down at all - and leads to further discussions on what type of education truly meets the core of students and their education on the world around us.

This is a must read alongside some of the most historical fiction and biographical accounts of some very horrifying, yet important aspects of history. Sep 27, Steve H. When I was younger I started reading this, and unbeknownst to me I ended up never finishing it. I would recommend this book to any WWII fanatic such as myself. Ondanks het onderwerp leest het verhaal heel vlot.

Ongelooflijk dat dit op ware feiten berust, maar dat is eigenlijk met elk boek over de oorlog. Soms met kippenvel heb ik fragmenten gelezen, afschuwelijk gewoon. Zeker wel 5 sterren. View all 5 comments. Dec 18, Jack rated it it was amazing. This is a review of the book Prisoner B Yanek, the main character in the story, and his family are Jewish and have to live in the ghetto that the Nazis have turned their home town into. Life is very hard for them, they have very little food, and they are forced to live with 4 other families in their small apartment. Eventually Yanek is captured and taken to a concentration camp.

Yanek stays in the camp for a little while and then is tr This is a review of the book Prisoner B Yanek stays in the camp for a little while and then is transferred to another one, and then he gets transferred again. This process of him moving from camp to camp keeps repeating, and by the time the story is done, Yanek has been to ten concentration camps. Somehow, Yanek survives all of it and lives to tell us about it. The story is fiction, although it is based off real occurrences that happened to Yanek. I think that this book is excellent, and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

Dec 05, Kevin Ramirez rated it it was amazing. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This Book Amazed me it was epic Yanek had survived throughout his lifetime by leaving and going in the concentration camps. The story starts when he's about 10 at the end he escapes being 18 for that 8 years in danger or his family's life. While in the camps Yanek losing most of his family but later on he meets a few of his cousins after he escapes, If Yanek didn't have the stamina or strength he couldn't of have survived the whole camp.

But for me in my opinion it's still and amazing book and I This Book Amazed me it was epic Yanek had survived throughout his lifetime by leaving and going in the concentration camps. But for me in my opinion it's still and amazing book and I hope he makes more books like this.

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