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Treseder, Terry Walton Hear O Israel: A Story of the Warsaw Ghetto
New York, New York, U.S.A. Atheneum 1990 0689314566 / 9780689314568 Hard Cover Fine Fine Bloom, Lloyd
A photo of this book is available. Near-new conditon. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated by Lloyd Bloom. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. From Publishers Weekly: Treseder's brief, emotionally searing first-person novel calls to mind the simmering power of survivors' accounts. Written in the voice of a Jewish boy, Isaac, the book is suffused with a deeply felt spirituality. In the opening chapter, Isaac reflects on his older brother's bar mitzvah in a Warsaw that daily becomes a more dangerous place for Jews. Most heart-wrenching is Isaac's description of the family's faithful attempt at a Passover celebration--"Instead of an egg, a shank of meat, and bitter herbs, Papa filled the seder plate with a stone, a stick, and a handful of dirt. Papa said we do not need a feast to remember God delivered His people from slavery in Egypt." In "Train Ride," Isaac's childhood wish to ride a train someday is cruelly granted as he and his remaining family are herded onto cars for transport. The final chapter, "Treblinka," reaches both the depths of pain and the heights of courage and faith as, facing death, Isaac and his father pray those resonant words "Hear O Israel: The Lord Our God Is One." Bloom's somber black-and-white paintings reinforce the sense of deepening sadness and despair. Ages 8-up. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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